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...drawn off to hasten recovery. When he cut into the knobs, though, he found cords of pearly white material, and he was afraid that he might have hit a misplaced tendon or nerve. Eventually, he decided that the white strands were an overgrowth of connective tissue, the deeper, fibrous layer between skin and bone. This might be more serious than an overgrowth of the horny layer, but it too will subside if the surfer stays off his board for four to six months...
...diameter, paced with 800,000 Ibs. of ammonium perchlorate and powdered aluminum held together with synthetic rubber. This potent stuff is cured in a single carefully shaped "grain" with a star-shaped cavity and burns from the inside out. The nozzle is made of plastic, spun silica and fibrous graphite...
...research in England, DNA (Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid) had already been identified as the genetic substance of cells. Information on its chemical composition suggested that it was a very long, thin molecule made up of sugar groups (deoxyribose), phosphate groups, and nitrogen-containing "bases." Further, X-ray diffraction patterns of fibrous DNA indicated that the form of the molecule was a double helix...
Even while it is attacking the alveoli, dense smoke also damages the small arteries that carry blood to the lung surface for oxygenation. The artery walls become fibrous and thickened. Soon, internal deposits on the thickened walls make the arteries so narrow that little blood can get through. Eventually many tiny arteries are blocked completely...
...greatest interest to Drs. White and Currens were the coronary arteries. These were two to three times the normal size, but far from being free of disease. Between the layers of the arterial tubes were fibrous areas and atherosclerotic deposits, some of them calcified. At several points, these deposits cut down the bore of the artery by as much as 30%, but that is plainly far better than the total stoppage that occurs in many heart attacks. The doctors cannot be sure whether DeMar inherited big coronaries or grew them by running. What is certain and significant is that moderate...