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...Mutter Museum was closed on Halloween. But in many ways, it is Halloween at the Mutter every day. The first-time visitor is confronted by macabre marvels: monstrously misshapen skulls and skeletons, fetal remains of offspring that could never be human, shadowy effigies of things that went bump in the night. The Mutter's polished wood, gleaming brass rails and dark oil paintings suggest the library of a wealthy if eccentric 19th century aristocrat. But when professor Thomas Dent Mutter bequeathed his collection to the College of Physicians of Philadelphia in 1856, he intended it as a teaching...
Colborn suspected a cause-and-effect relationship between pollution and fertility problems -- and by extension a possible danger to humans. She began collecting human epidemiological studies, which suggested to her that human fetal exposure to such chemicals as PCBs could produce disorders affecting behavior, immune-system functioning, memory and learning. She also surveyed the literature on humans exposed to diethylstilbestrol, or DES, a synthetic drug that is related to estrogen. DES can be used to prevent miscarriage, treat prostate and breast cancer or reduce the symptoms of menopause; it can even promote growth in sheep and cows...
...past 14 years, scientists in the U.S. could only marvel at such complex choreography. To learn any more about it, they would have had to conduct experiments on human embryos and aborted fetal tissue. But federal funding for any such research was forbidden by the pro-life Administrations of Ronald Reagan and George Bush. Last year President Clinton quietly called for an end to his predecessors' ban and asked the National Institutes of Health to develop rules to guide the research. And since February an expert NIH advisory panel has been debating the details of what is sure...
...spittle flying as he shakes his head. A bottle of rum is set afire. Constant dances uncomfortably. A loa takes possession of a girl, who writhes at Constant's feet: he looks embarrassed. There is more dancing, more drinking. Then Constant too is lying on the floor, in a fetal position. A girl dances around him as fire licks at rum-soaked spots on the floor. The priest and Constant embrace. Constant disappears. Five gunshots ring out. Constant reappears, wearing an orange robe. Time passes in a haze of booze and heat...
...western hemisphere, according to PAHO. Though hard-pressed for basic supplies, Cuban biotech labs still produce the world's only meningitis B vaccine, as well as 39 monoclonal antibodies for treating cancer. The Neurotransplant Center in Havana is rated the best in the world for fetal-tissue transplants to treat Parkinson's disease, a degenerative brain disorder that causes muscle tremors and weakness. One of Cuba's most popular new over-the-counter drugs is PPG, a sugar cane-based medication developed to lower cholesterol; reputedly it also boosts sexual potency...