Word: mutant
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...leaves them confused and, too often, simply abandoned. Funding care for people over time, instead of for specific medical events, reduces the burden of illness by focusing on high quality preventive care. We need "managed care" as it was originally intended to be - the good kind, not the evil, mutant twin that just tried to cut costs, restrict choice, and limit available care. Correctly conceived, "managed care" addresses the real needs of patients over time and place, guiding them through the technological thicket of modern medicine, and making sure that they get exactly what they want and need, exactly when...
Best or worst lie you’ve ever told: At summer camp when I was 13 I convinced this girl that I only weighed 40 pounds, because I was a mutant and had hollow bones like a bird...
...member of their group could possibly belong to the other—often spurn people like Aguero. “When some people find out I’m gay and conservative,” Aguero says, “they act like I’m a mutant or something...
...possibilities for people with anxiety disorders such as post-traumatic stress disorder. If you could regulate this gene expression in humans, you probably could treat anxiety disorders,” Bolshakov said. The genetic mutation made it impossible for the mice to produce stathmin. The brain activity of the mutant mice showed that they had difficulties strengthening connections between their nerve cells, raising questions about their ability to properly learn fear. To test this ability, researchers exposed mutant mice and the control group to a small shock immediately after hearing a loud noise. When hearing the same noise 24 hours...
Favorite childhood toy: Teenage mutant ninja turtles, Michaelangelo...