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TRPA1 is located on the 100 to 150 protrusions called cilia on hair cells in the ear, which are “absolutely critical” for sound-hearing ability, Corey said...
...Sarkozy seems inevitable. By April 2002, Chirac was having some of his own popularity issues, and Sarkozy had restored enough of his luster for a return to government. But he brought more than just new energy and unbridled ambition to the Interior Ministry; he brought his wife, Cécilia, who is a key adviser. In a nation where political wives are rarely public figures, Madame Sarkozy's presence raised eyebrows. But as her considerable - some say inordinate - influence has become known, she's increasingly viewed as a political figure in her own right. "She's been central...
...findings, published in the current issue of the journal Cell, suggest that the sense of smell may work very differently. When odor molecules drift among the millions of tiny cilia located high in the nasal cavity, they seem to slip into certain odor receptors like keys into locks. The fact that there are such a large number of different kinds of odor receptors suggests that much of the work of discriminating among smells is being carried out at a chemical level within the nose itself. Signals from these receptors are then transmitted to the olfactory bulb, the small region...
...kidneys, and you kill antibodies. I've never made it to the end, but I hear you finish at the brain, and there's this mutant cell..." His voice trailed off as the game began and he concentrated on manuevering his man through the 3-D screen, dodging threatening cilia, gas bubbles, and muscle tissue...
Munro was quick to credit his defense and goalie Steve Kidder along with halfbacks Steve Hines, Bob audit and Rick La Cilia, but without a line Harvard will be in for trouble. "You can contain them to a certain extent, but if you are playing defense the whole game they will eventually get to you," Munro said...