Word: dna
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...catch? Solomon was a hoax, perpetrated by serial prankster Joey Skaggs. It's not hard to see the story's appeal. After a socially and racially divisive trial, many Americans--especially non-African Americans--believed that 12 Angelenos had rejected irrefutable DNA evidence to set a murderer free. Solomon played to a machine-age civic fantasy: a bloodless robot, immune to gambits and race cards, that would dispense justice like a candy machine. (Nor is it only a conservative wish; the anti-death penalty crowd has embraced DNA evidence to reopen capital cases...
SCREENING FOR THE SQUEAMISH Can't stomach the idea of colonoscopy? If early reports pan out, there may be a far less intimidating--and still reliable--way to screen for colon cancer. Doctors have developed a simple stool test that analyzes DNA shed from inside the colon. The test has so far accurately detected 91% of tumors and 73% of tiny precancerous polyps. It may be two years or more before the test becomes available, however, so your best bet for now is still the 6-ft. probe...
Inosine is structurally similar to some of the molecules that make up DNA...
...Sherman-Palladino wrote earlier for "Roseanne," and while "Gilmore"'s tone is much different, the honest, flaws-and-all mother-daughter relationship is familiar. "Roseanne" likewise has its DNA on "Normal, Ohio" (Wednesdays, 8:30 p.m. ET, starting Nov. 1) - starring "Roseanne"'s John Goodman - which echoes that show's discordant small-town setting, if not nearly as well. Creators Bonnie and Terry Turner ("That '70s Show") conceived it as a buddy comedy between a gay and a straight man ("The Odd Couple" without the subtext) but retooled it; now the gay Butch (Goodman) returns to his small town...
...other data suggests that the protein might be involved in cell death. Part of how p53 works is by attaching to different parts of the cell's DNA; in test tubes, p73 attaches to those same regions. It is located in a region of human chromosome 1 that is often damaged in cancer...