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Scientists are, after all, working counter to millions of years of evolution. The basic goal of gene therapy is to take bits of DNA that did not originate in patients' bodies, insert them into the patients' tissue and somehow get them to turn on or, in the jargon of the field, "express" themselves. Yet this is precisely the sort of biological action that the body's immune system interprets as a threat and is primed to fight...
...report in Nature Medicine showing progress in using gene therapy to treat babies born with a disorder called adenosine deaminase deficiency. Three infants whose hereditary disorder leaves them defenseless against microbial attacks were given healthy genes using blood from their umbilical cords. Because the doctors were able to insert the good genes into the babies before their other immune defenses had fully formed, their bodies did not reject the material as foreign. Doctors do not claim to have cured the children, but, they note, the genes are "expressing...
Bradlee said he agreed with the Post's recent decision to publish the manifesto of the so-called Unabomber. He added that he doubted anyone even read the special insert in the paper which carried the manifesto's full text...
Coach Tim Murphy made good on his promise to insert reserve quarterback Jay Snowden into the game. The sophomore replaced Vin Ferrara on two occasions inside the Columbia five-yard line and produced touchdowns both times...
...advent of rock-compilation sound tracks is perhaps a more serious threat to the film composer's art. Increasingly, composers are finding themselves shouldered aside, as studios and record companies insert rock songs wherever possible, with an eye to creating a best-selling album. "A lot of directors lately are using a crowbar to stick songs in a movie where they clearly don't belong," complains agent Richard Kraft, who represents a number of composers...