Word: calvins
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...high end of the scale, Oscar de la Renta's clothes for Balmain in Paris are exquisite, better than the ready-to-wear he produced for his own line in New York. Anne Klein's offerings, now designed by the deft Richard Tyler, are impeccable without being boring. And Calvin Klein remains a great editor of trends. He suited up models, mixed and matched and threw in some chaste jumpers and wearable fuzzies...
...possibly damaged cells from reproducing. Result: cell division stops, the cell begins to age rapidly, and eventually it dies. Cancer cells, in contrast, have learned to stop the ticking of the telomere clock. According to research published last week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by Calvin Harley and colleagues at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, malignant cells foil the clock by producing an enzyme -- telomerase -- that protects the length of the telomere chains. In essence, telomerase makes the cancer cell immortal...
...discovery announced last week that cancer cells rely on the enzyme telomerase to stay alive opens up a different attack strategy. The leader of that research team, Calvin Harley, has taken a leave from McMaster University to work at Geron Corp. in Menlo Park, California. The company is trying to craft a drug that will block the action of telomerase. "The cancer cell," explains Harley, "is already very old. If we can inhibit telomerase, we might cause the tumor to die after a few doublings." Even better, the fact that cancer cells produce telomerase and that normal cells (save...
feature cartoon contortions. A tell-all book on Calvin Klein...
...Calvin Klein offered a nice variation in New York last week. Usually the models are joined by the Great Man, who is warmly applauded, and who in turn kisses several of the girls. Klein sent the girls out, then they filed back; not a sign of him. Finally he appeared, looking tanned, healthy and chaste, a cardigan tied around his waist. He sketched a brief...