Word: celling
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...study of 25 children published in the New England Journal of Medicine last week, the unusual treatment may work better than a bone-marrow transplant in treating the childhood cancer. Placental blood might even be used someday to treat other blood and immune-system disorders--from sickle-cell anemia to AIDS...
BOSTON, Mass.: Mice are genetically programmed to take care of their young, according to a study reported in the journal Cell. When scientists at the Children's Hospital in Boston bred a mutant mouse lacking the so-called motherhood gene, the mother ignored her babies after delivering them, preferring to curl up by herself in the corner of the cage. Without the mother to keep them warm, the babies soon died. The gene, known as fosB, is probably activated by the sight and smell of baby mice and sets off a host of other chemical and behavioral reactions. Mouse mothers...
BOSTON, Mass.: Mice are genetically programmed to take care of their young, according to a study reported in the journal Cell. When scientists at the Children's Hospital in Boston bred a mutant mouse lacking the so-called motherhood gene, the mother ignored her babies after delivering them, preferring to curl up by herself in the corner of the cage. Without the mother to keep them warm, the babies soon died. The gene, known as fosB, is probably activated by the sight and smell of baby mice and sets off a host of other chemical and behavioral reactions. Mouse mothers...
...People over 70 who take certain short-acting CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS for high blood pressure may increase their risk of developing cancer, suggests a study. The drugs may impede the body's normal safeguards against rapid cell division...
...something. In recent weeks, he has freely wielded the powerful pen of executive directives, addressing everything from educational TV, to gun sales to minors to the notion of asking school districts to require school uniforms, without actually asking Congress to fund new programs. Wednesday's topic du jour: free cell phones for neighborhood crime watch groups. The White House has announced that the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association will contribute 50,000 cell phones pre-programmed to dial 911, along with free cellular air time, to the nation's 20,000 community policing programs to help them combat crime. TIME Washington...