Word: fluids
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...last, Dewitt was satisfied that his transforming fluid was good enough to earn his personal seal of approval. And they said he was mad. As a weary Dewitt shuffled happily off to bed, he stroked his stubbly chin and thought of the future. Would he use his discovery to launch himself to fame...
...third situation, exposure of the penis to virus carried in vaginal or rectal fluid is probably less risky, but the risk is not zero. In any case, the cumulative risk of acquiring infection through repeating the first two events--and possibly also the third--is high...
...Carper cries, "What goddam row am I in!" as he pulls his red wool hat down until it covers his eyebrows. Carper has spent five to six years on the streets, and thinks he may be 33. The smell of putrid wine and decaying teeth poisons his breath; the fluid running from his swollen eyes streaks his dirty cheeks before disappearing into his beard. "Am I in a goddam row? Who the hell's running the rows?" he swears. An older man with a thick gray beard informs Carper he is in Row 3 and assures...
...indicator, identified by Biochemist Peter Davies, 38, and his graduate student Benjamin Wolozin, 28, is an abnormal protein in the brains of & Alzheimer's victims that also appears in the spinal fluid of living patients thought to have the disease. It is not known if the protein, called A-68, plays a role in causing the illness, but so far it is unique to Alzheimer's; that is, it has not been linked to other brain disorders. If further trials prove A-68 a reliable indicator, Davies says, a routine laboratory test for Alzheimer's could be available...
...thus act like biological homing pigeons, the Einstein researchers eventually isolated and identified A-68. Subsequent autopsies, as well as two rare brain biopsies of living Alzheimer's patients, confirmed that A-68 is unique to the disease, and further tests showed it can be found in spinal fluid...