Word: expression
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...caused by the viral carrier, an altered adenovirus, was so severe that the FDA ordered a halt to the effort, casting a pall over all the other trials--and the field in general. More problems plagued the researchers. In many cases the implanted genes failed to "turn on," or express themselves, and were unable to command the cells to produce the protein they were supposed to provide. Some operated for a while and then inexplicably shut down...
...elicit the same kind of inflammatory response that the other vectors do," Wilson explains. "It's somehow evolved the way to get around that." The AAV also efficiently insinuates itself into nondividing cells and, in tests with monkeys and mice, has enabled the therapeutic gene engineered into it to express itself for more than two years...
...version of Microsoft's Internet Explorer comes with an e-mail product, Outlook Express, that automatically sorts out junk mail and puts in the trash. Trouble is, the filter sometimes mistakes legitimate correspondence for spam, and that's what's been happening to the digital Christmas cards that people have been sending via Blue Mountain. Microsoft was ordered to provide Blue Mountain by Tuesday with whatever information it needed to bypass the overzealous filter -- which, ironically, trashes Microsoft e-cards too -- and must post warnings on the product alerting users to the potential for lost mail. Microsoft had tried...
...Republican express slowed only briefly when, on Friday, Democrats complained that Hyde and his allies were dodging their request to specify exactly which of the President's many sworn statements about Lewinsky were perjurious. The reason, argued Barney Frank of Massachusetts, was that the offending statements were all about sex, and there was no way for the Republicans to dress up something so salacious except by hiding it. "Did the President touch her here or did he not touch her here?" said Frank. "They do not want to take that to the [House] floor and to the Senate. That...
...freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, freedom of association and a right to privacy. At Home, however, no protection of rights exists. The visitor at Home should understand and expect that personal liberties may be curtailed. Freedom to assemble with one's friends, for example, or freedom to express one's opinions about certain divisive issues-particularly in a public forum, including a holiday meal-may be suspended without notice. In most cases, resistance is futile. Visitors should also be prepared for severe infringements on privacy. Unlike in our native land, where citizens have a right to avoid interrogation without...