Word: celling
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CHICAGO: Scientists have located the gene that governs the body's inner clock -- at least in mice. Resarchers, according to the journal Cell, believe that the discovery of the so-called "clock gene" in laboratory mice, with its 100,000 bits of information on sleep patterns, mood swings and hormone levels, is an important step towards isolating a parallel gene in humans. This could allow scientists to zero in on the causes of diseases such as insomnia and depression that are related to disturbances in circadian rhythms. It may also help explain why medical conditions such as asthma and heart...
...work together in a seemingly chaotic but balanced harmony. The flaws of the human miracle are the diseases that attack these systems. As Nuland sees it, the surgeon's role is to assist the body in mounting a concerted defense against the intruders, be they cancerous cells or traumatic injuries. Nuland generally writes with a clarity that any journalist can envy. Still, the eyelids of the scientifically challenged may droop a bit amid the book's vital but unlyrical nuts-and-bolts background passages. For example, one sentence on cell division begins, "Meiosis is somewhat more complicated because its purpose...
...nuptials news, TOM FINNEGAN sends word from Montana that on Oct. 14, he married the former Cynthia Burnside, whom he met during weekend maneuvers at his local militia group. Neither Tom nor Cynthia recognizes the authority of local or state government, so they were married by their cell commander at the San Diego Preparedness Expo. The two lovebirds spent their honeymoon at an undisclosed location, and they now make their home on federal land south of Billings, where they are excitedly preparing for the upcoming race war. Classmates can reach Tom by E-mail at tomfin@aryan.org...
...prison and $24.25 million in fines for paying bills with over $1.8 billion in bogus Republic of Texas financial documents. McLaren's wife, Evelyn, faces up to 155 years in jail and $5.2 million in fines for her role in the scam. The couple is currently sharing a jail cell in Marfa, about 30 miles from the site of the standoff...
Cantor proposed and verified that osteopontin which is secreted by cancer cells behaves similarly, drawing the malignancies to all corners of the body just as T-cell osteopontin draws white blood cells to infections...