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Wilson and his team implanted sensors in the hippocampus of rats, the part of the brain that is responsible for short-term memory in both rats and humans. The team tracked the activity of a dozen to a few dozen of the neurons in the hippocampus--only a tiny fraction of the cells in that part of the brain...
...there's what the insiders are saying. Conventional wisdom on both sides is that the reason is Ariel Sharon's peace plan, unveiled last week. Sharon looks set to trounce Barak in the election on February 6, and he made clear that he would offer the Palestinians only a fraction of what had been on the table at Camp David. So, this thinking goes, Arafat realized that if he didn't throw a lifeline to Barak, he'd end up with essentially what he has now and nothing more...
Although nearly every cell in the body contains a full complement of genes, only a small fraction of those genes are active in any one cell. A cell on the tongue, for instance, may express genes encoding proteins required for taste sensation, while an immune cell battling infection churns out proteins lethal to bugs...
...side with people from the State Department or the CIA, and a sprinkling of old money. We lived first in a redbrick house on R Street, across from Dumbarton Oaks, and then on N Street on the other side of Wisconsin Avenue, near 34th. Neither house cost a fraction of what Hillary will...
Cheney's cholesterol level has never been disclosed; doctors have said only that it is being treated. His estimated 40% "ejection fraction," a measure of how efficiently his heart is pumping blood, suggests that Cheney's heart is "moderately impaired," according to Dr. Roger Blumenthal of Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Md., and it places him at somewhat higher risk for another heart attack...