Word: mutant
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...always been under the impression that thevocals were distorted, but that's just the waySteve sounds when he's yelling. Steve jumpedaround a lot and banged his head. Bob Weston's apudgy guy, with curly blond hair. Todd Trainer isthe ugliest man alive--he looks like Splinter fromthe Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. All of them canplay the hell out of their instruments. Theystarted with "The Guy Who Invented Fire" and thenplayed all the memorable songs from the firstalbum--"A Minute," "Dog and Pony Show," "TheAdmiral"--and many of their less memorable songsfrom their new album, Terraform. Theyclosed with Terraform...
Tell that to my wife. After a few dozen games of Bust-A-Move, she yawns, displaces the cat and climbs into bed. Pinky sidles up beside me, and I fire up Blitz. I place his mutant paw on the controller. "No cheating," I say. It's lonely living among women...
This is the first human gene implicated in an increased risk for strokes. Lindpaintner's group had previously found that ANP protected a strain of rats prone to high blood pressure from suffering strokes; rats with the mutant form of the ANP gene were not protected...
Their finding is spurring debate over the possibility of using gene therapy in humans who have undergone genetic testing and are known to contain the mutant copy of the ANP gene, placing them at higher risk for a stroke...
This mutation is just one of several risk factors implicated in strokes. Not having the mutant gene does not ensure that a person is risk-free. A combination of risk factors, including environment and genetic makeup, have been linked to strokes...