Word: defections
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Others engage in a strange activity called "playing." I'm having second thoughts about my decision to defect...
Gusella will be given $100,000 and a crystal award for his work in the fields of genetics and neuroscience, which includes describing the process by which a genetic defect leads to certain disorders, including Huntington's disease. The money will be used to support his future research...
Gusella will be given $100,000 and a crystal award for his work in the fields of genetics and neuroscience, which includes describing the process by which a genetic defect leads to certain disorders, including Huntington's disease. The money will be used to support his future research...
Gene therapy, simply defined, is the placement of beneficial genes into the cells of patients. By introducing the gene and consequently the protein it produces, says Inder Verma, a professor at the Salk Institute in La Jolla, Calif., "you either eliminate the defect, ameliorate the defect, slow down the progression of the disease or in some way interfere with the disease...
What if the lost child was very young? The shorter the life, the fewer the expectations parents might place on the substitute, right? If a baby dies within a few days of birth and there is no reason to think that death was caused by an inherited defect, would it then be acceptable to make a copy? Is it practical to frame legislation that would prevent copying of adults or older children, but allow copying of infants? At what age would a child be too old to be copied in the event of death...