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...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...
...toxic fluid will be transported to the Disposal Treatment Center in Boston, Cady said...
Although the AIDS virus has been found in saliva and tears, almost all AIDS transmission results from contact with the semen or blood of an AIDS victim. In semen, the virus rides as a passenger, probably in the disease-fighting white blood cells in the fluid. During intercourse, the white blood cells containing the AIDS virus alight on the mucous membranes inside the rectum or the vagina. Unlike the skin, which is an efficient barrier to the virus, the mucous membrane is a much thinner tissue and is more susceptible to infection. If microscopic tears occur in the membranes during...