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...researchers have set out to look for those genes--and not just in the ocean. Venter is also sampling the air over New York City, and other scientists are looking into hot springs, digging into the ground and even testing toxic-waste sites. "You can pick up a gram of soil," says Aristides Patrinos, who oversees the Department of Energy's genome program, "and there's DNA in it. By sequencing that DNA, you can infer what's there in terms of diversity." As a rule, the more diverse a given ecosystem--the more genes present, even at the microbial...
...prosecution, however, cites the fact that Medicare reimbursed him at a rate of $90 per gram of immunoglobulin while the actual cost of treatment was between one half and two thirds of that amount, according to the Boston Globe...
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...HUPD confiscated 45 clear plastic bags containing herb-like substances which the report described as marijuana and psilocybin; a blue purse holding “an off-white waxy substance that was in flakes and a solid yellow chunk of an unknown substance”; a pipe; a 200-gram weight and scale; a large black hunting knife and a small box of rolling papers...
...carb. You can eat fewer calories by eating less food--which is why you can lose weight on any diet that restricts entire categories of foods or limits portion sizes--but you may get hungry and gain it back. Fat has 9 calories per gram, but protein and carbohydrates have only 4 calories per gram, so when you eat less fat, you consume fewer calories without having to eat less food. So eat less fat and fewer simple carbs...