Word: chimeras
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...research, published in the Journal of Virology, trumpets Harvard’s creation of the first infectious molecular clone and the first SHIV chimera of the African based HIV subtype C clone...
...Reagan who emerges in Dutch is often of heroic dimension. But Morris is also acute and critical about the sometimes goofy, floating chimera who was President for eight years. Morris cites a former aide as saying that the President's attention span "would compare to that of a fruit fly." He tells the story of seeing President Reagan the morning after they had actually dined together at the Morris home: "Not only did he fail to mention our dinner, it was obvious from his smiling yet distant demeanor that he did not recall...
While the staff pretends to be supportive of the Undergraduate Council's efforts to revitalize Springfest, their support is a chimera, because their entire evaluation of the event is based on complaints. The council worked very hard to plan a successful event, and most students who attended enjoyed Springfest despite the less-than-perfect weather...
...admit the notion of human chimeras is still unnerving and worthy of debate, but we must not look at the issue as a slippery slope. Humankind (researchers and the rest of us alike) has always proceeded with some trepidation on genetic research, and caution is usually the rule of thumb. In fact, with the charged morality of the chimera issue, it is highly unlikely that any scientist would try to create a species with near-human intellect and even more inconceivable that they could do so with the hopes of monetary profit that Newman has in mind as motivation...
...entire length of the Missouri, a distance of 2,700 miles. They crossed the Rockies, having expected mountains no more daunting than the Appalachians. When the screen shows peaks stretching to the horizon, you feel their shock and despair. Suddenly they knew that the Northwest Passage was a chimera and that the mission would become inconceivably arduous. Yet Lewis and Clark succeeded in leading their men to the Pacific and back home with only one fatality (caused by a burst appendix). On their return they were treated as heroes...