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...between the ambitious major characters. The ruthless female district attorney, Monique Lamont, eyes the governor’s mansion, while equally cutthroat men try to destroy her aspirations. Eager for positive publicity, the district attorney creates the “At Risk” cold case initiative, which uses DNA analysis to solve old crimes. Naturally, other savvy political operatives work hard to bury...
Plus the ending is all wrong. Williamson was exonerated by DNA evidence in 1999, but 12 years behind bars had broken his mind and body, and he died five years later of cirrhosis of the liver...
...winner this year was research on RNA--the genetic "messenger" that transcribes DNA code so it can be made into proteins. Work in this area earned the chemistry prize for Stanford University's Roger Kornberg and the medicine prize for Andrew Fire, also of Stanford, and the University of Massachusetts' Craig Mello. Studying RNA is important because a full understanding of its functions could lead to therapies and cures for diseases linked to defective genes...
...genes directly related to cell growth and division. Many cancerous cells have a disproportionately high number of ERs in their nuclei, facilitating the rapid propagation of these malignant cells. Current drug-based treatment works by blocking ERs, thus slowing or stopping tumor growth. The study identified sections of DNA known as control regions, portions of genes pertaining to cell growth and division that bind to the ER. These control regions remotely activate or inhibit the function of the gene. The researchers created a map of all of these regions—several thousand in total. Since genes have multiple control...
...Manolo Blahnik from a Birkenstock is tossed aside in favor of the Hermes-toting development admit from Greenwich. It celebrates those who parasite upon the Harvard name instead of those who contribute to it. The founder of 02138 says that as Harvard graduates, we share “cultural DNA.” I’m sorry, what? I’ll stick with my version of Harvard—my own cultural DNA—for the time being. Lucy M. Caldwell ’09, a Crimson editorial editor, is a history and science concentrator in Adams...