Word: mutant
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...There is no end to our effrontery. In Arizona a mutant Chinese grass carp, the sterile triploid amur, has been released into the ponds and water hazards of golf courses to keep the water free of entangling weeds lest golf balls be lost or the scenery spoiled. An African fish, the tilapia, cruises irrigation canals devouring any growth that might impede the water flow, but it endangers the Colorado River's sport fish. Coast to coast, European starlings darken the skies. A century ago, the first few were released in New York City by a reader of Shakespeare bent...
...like condition but have not been found to be infected with HIV. That frightening revelation raised the possibility that a new AIDS virus is emerging. Another theory, suggested by France's Dr. Luc Montagnier, who first discovered HIV, is that the strange cases were caused by one or more mutant forms of HIV that were altered too radically to be detected by standard blood tests...
...people who are already infected. By injecting a slightly modified form of the virus' protein coat, the Army researchers hope to kick-start the patients' immune systems into mounting an effective counterattack. Redfield thinks that his version of the viral coat may share enough characteristics with all the known mutant strains of HIV to overcome the variability problem. Said Redfield, a rare, unabashed optimist at the Amsterdam meeting: "I believe HIV is very simple, very straightforward, and it's going to be solved...
...funny as the strip is now, it's not quite at the creative level it was during the days of the cardbrod transmogrifier/time machine, or the mutant snowmen that came to life. Still, the strip is top notch...
...then there's Penguin. First he's a good guy--a mutant orphan who just want to find his parents. Then he runs for mayor. Then Batman spoils a political rally and Penguin loses his shit and decides to destroy the world...