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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...
...second half of Slavs! begins exchanges dark humor for just plain darkness, but the exchange is an important one. Jessica Shapiro '00, playing a "mutant" little Siberian girl named Vodya who cannot speak due to radiation poisoning, gives a haunting performance without saying a word--one that resonates in your head for days. Erin Billings '99, as Vodya's mother, laces her character with such hostile helplessness that one wants to both hug her and run far away from her. Her poisonous glares at Rodent and her razor-sharp words chill the entire audience to the bone; yet one cannot...
...page-plus compendium of iconographical dos and don'ts assembled over nearly a half-century by Toho Studios, Godzilla's propagator and the cinematic demiurge of the Land of the Rising Saurians. This mishnah of the face and form and spirit of Japan's most popular mutant antihero was solemnly handed to Dean Devlin, 35, and Roland Emmerich, 42, in 1996, almost as soon as the pair signed to produce and direct a new version of the monster classic. "We had to read it before we could write the script," says Devlin. The implicit caution: thou shall not take Godzilla...