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...chief of the Canadian Olympic Association, said that a single joint would bring an athlete's level to 400 ng/mL but that just being in a room with eight to 10 smokers an hour a day for six days could result in levels over 100. Ronald Alkana, professor of molecular pharmacology and toxicology at the University of Southern California's School of Pharmacy, said that marijuana's primary active ingredient, THC (tetrahydrocannabinol), can be stored in the body's fat cells for relatively long periods and that "it's reasonable to assume that secondhand smoke could be absorbed." After...
There are dangers, but not the ones everyone's talking about, according to Princeton University molecular biologist Lee Silver, author of Remaking Eden (Avon Books). Silver believes that cloning is the technology that will finally make it possible to apply genetic engineering to humans. First, parents will want to banish inherited diseases like Tay-Sachs. Then they will try to eliminate predispositions to alcoholism and obesity. In the end, says Silver, they will attempt to augment normal traits like intelligence and athletic prowess...
...headless humans is being used to convince the public that cloning should be banned, even if its purpose is to make cells rather than people. If this view succeeds, future generations will be denied the very real benefits that cloning technology could provide. LEE M SILVER Professor Department of Molecular Biology Princeton University Princeton...
Professor of Molecular and Cellular BiologyHoward C. Berg, who was then at Caltech, sparkedMeister's interest in the biologicalsciences--specifically in the subject of bacterialmotion...
Ariel R. Frank contributed to the reportingof this story.CrimsonMatthew P. MillerTHE EYE OF THE RHINO: Cabot Assoc.Professor of Molecular and Cellular Bioogy MARKUSMEISTER stands in front of the BiologicalLaboratories...