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Faces aren't the only things working against the shy; their genes may be too. As part of Battaglia's study, he collected saliva samples from his 49 subjects and analyzed their DNA, looking for something that might further explain his results. The shy children, he found, had one or two shorter copies of a gene that codes for the flow of the brain chemical serotonin, a neurotransmitter that plays a role in anxiety, depression and other mood states. Battaglia's lab is not the only one to have linked this gene to shyness, and while nobody pretends...
...following months. The remaining eight, according to North Korea, had died. Last November, Pyongyang returned to Japan the cremated ashes and bone fragments of Megumi Yokota, who was kidnapped in her hometown of Niigata in 1977 at the age of 13, and allegedly committed suicide in 1994. Tokyo ran DNA tests on the remains and announced they weren't Yokota's. Public anger ran white hot: conservative politicians and Yokota's parents called for sanctions against North Korea and the government blocked rice shipments. Pyongyang angrily disputed Japan's DNA test, but nobody paid any attention...
Like a seasoned burglar, the virus circles a human cell looking for the easiest point of entry. Within seconds, it has broken into its target, located the nucleus and deftly slipped its genetic material into the cell's DNA. Now whenever the cell divides to copy itself, it also makes copies of the interloper. Soon those multiplying viruses have hijacked not just that cell but also all its neighbors, turning them into one massive virus factory. When the cells can no longer make the proteins they need to survive, they start...
...Lefkow two weeks ago; by a self-inflicted gunshot after police pulled him over for a broken taillight; in West Allis, Wis. Lefkow last year dismissed Ross's rambling lawsuit seeking damages from the government for his pain and disfigurement from cancer treatments. His murder confession was corroborated by DNA evidence...
...like to believe that we could find the right drug,” said Watson, who was part of the team that discovered the double-helix structure of DNA. “But my son can’t take care of himself...[we should] fight against genetic injustice...