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...When Kugel does pay close attention to the text, however, the results are exciting. In what is by far the most satisfying chapter in the book, "Solomon's Riddles," Kugel elucidates the hidden meanings of several Hebrew "mashals," two-part proverbial sentences that provided the "basic building blocks of wisdom" for the Israelites. In any mashal, Kugel asks, "What is the relationship between A and B?" A puzzling proverb requires thoughtful contemplation before its meaning becomes clear. Take Proverb 26:23, for example: "Like thick glaze on a cheap pot, ardent lips and an evil heart." "The thick glaze...
...resolvases tested can be as much as 100 times more specific than gel techniques at locating mutations, Mashal said, but the genes still have to be sequenced after they are identified as mutants...
...Resolvases] are a way to find where the mutations are in a big, huge gene so we only have to sequence part [of the gene]," Mashal said...
Clinically, the technique can be used to let patients know whether or not they are predisposed to breast cancer and other hereditary disorders. But Mashal said the method is not 100 percent accurate, as most patients would prefer...
Knowing the location of defective genes may also allow scientists to replace them with healthy ones, Mashal said...