Word: marker
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Kelfer struck again in the seventh inning, only this time using his hefty bat rather than his precise eyesight He crushed a fastball over the 375 foot marker in left-centerfield...
...Nature by an American and Israeli research team, was based on studies of five families in Jerusalem. It marks the second time in three weeks that a genetic site has been linked to this disorder. The earlier work, based on studies of Amish families, found a manic depression marker on chromosome 11. The discoveries of two separate genetic defects that can lead to the same disease "aren't necessarily contradictory but complement each other," says Dr. Miron Baron, who headed the team. "Together they support the belief that manic depression is a group of disorders with common symptoms rather than...
...BRING back the touchy-feelie days of elementary school, when education had smells, colors and texture. Elmer's glue. Candles and crayons. That heady Magic Marker buzz...
...least 10% -- and perhaps as many as 70% -- of Alzheimer's cases are inherited, the researchers began analyzing the DNA from four large families that had one thing in common: a history of the disease stretching back over many generations. After three years of work, they isolated two genetic markers, or molecular signposts, on chromosome 21 that are located close to the still unknown gene responsible for the inherited form of the disease. "The identification of these markers overcomes a major hurdle," says M.G.H. Neurogeneticist James Gusella, who directed the research. "This is the first step toward the identification...
...that wasn't the case with the other two acts on the bill. Brian Kiley, a local comic, clearly wants to be a Steven Wright with personality. Some of his lines are gems--like the one about the blind and deaf person who reads lips with a yellow-highlighting marker. But he was too much of a Brian-two-note--varying incessantly and to no great effect on such tired themes as polyester leisure seats and mobile homes--and couldn't capture the audience. Master of Ceremonies Brett Butler tried hard, but was undistinguished. Many of her lines were...