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...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...
...disorders strike women disproportionately. In RA, the immune system attacks the joints and eventually weakens the bones, causing excruciating pain, fatigue and daily bouts of fever. With lupus, the attack is far more generalized, affecting blood vessels, joints, skin and several internal organs. In severe cases, it can be lethal...
...annual ritual. In Miami in October, Hulda Stern, 93, who lived on her own with her cat Pinky, refused to leave the house in which she had lived since 1945. Some scientists warned that global warming would make the tropical storms of the future ever more intense, destructive and lethal...
...Someone remarked: "The opposite of friendship is death." Melodramatic, I thought. But also true, up to a point. Death has many opposites, and so does friendship. At a lower metaphysical level, the opposite of friendship is loneliness, or isolation, or narcissism--all of which of course can be lethal. You could hold the death/friendship sentence up to the light and turn it in your hand and find interesting meanings glinting...
...detachments of large-caliber machine-guns and grenade guns that do the job with less likelihood of a big and costly mistake. Still, as recently as last Friday, Israeli tanks were firing regularly at armed Palestinians, a sign also of the fact that the battle zone is becoming more lethal every week...