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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...better, and maybe a little worse, than the original, as when you copy a document." These findings raise questions not only about what you get with the first copy, but also what you might get with copies of copies. There is no indication yet that Dolly will die prematurely -- the shortened telomeres may have lessened her cells' genetically-programmed maximum lifespan; however, this may still be longer than the 13 years a sheep usually lives. On the other hand, could the older cells be more susceptible to disease? Researchers are eager to answer these questions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Oh, No! Dolly the Sheep is Getting Wrinkly! | 5/26/1999 | See Source »

...therapy), the PSA level should fall to zero. So unlike the more ambiguous pre-operation tests, any increase in PSA levels after surgery almost always means that some tumor cells have escaped and are growing elsewhere in the body. Prostate cancer usually grows so slowly, however, that patients often die of something else before its spread becomes noticeable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Predicting Cancer | 5/17/1999 | See Source »

Sloppy research Opening blurb refers to "Dark Ages"--a gauche term--plus the movie actually takes place in the early Renaissance; priest mixes up Latin grammar; Joan's brother did not die during the attack on Paris...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Noah's O.K., but We Need Babes | 5/17/1999 | See Source »

...Sloppy research] Lot did not live (or die) in Noah's time; Noah did not have a drinking problem until he disembarked; the couples on the ark were not swingers, they were married...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Noah's O.K., but We Need Babes | 5/17/1999 | See Source »

...Sloppy research] Cleopatra's sister did not die in jail under Caesar's rule; the sphinx did not look brand-new in Cleopatra's time; the columns in Cleopatra's palace looked Minoan (an era 1,100 years earlier...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Noah's O.K., but We Need Babes | 5/17/1999 | See Source »

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