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...graduate student in the lab several years ago determined that the surviving bacteria were mutant strains of bacteria, and that the takeover of the bacteria population by the mutant strains was much faster than expected. The finding changed the way scientists in the lab looked at the rate at which evolution occurred, but more work was left to be done...
...reported in last week's Nature, they wanted to find out how a particular protein, a growth factor called myostatin, regulates the development of tissue. So they produced a strain of mice in which the gene that codes for myostatin had been deleted, or "knocked out." The resulting mutant animals grew up normal in every way--except for their extraordinarily well-developed musculature...
Even though emotional range is not generally demanded of humanoid marine reptiles, a new, live-action version of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, set to air on Fox in September, will feature a female turtle named Venus De Milo alongside the original four males. In Mowgli: The New Adventures of the Jungle Book, an updated version of the Rudyard Kipling story that will also air on Fox Saturday mornings in the fall, a 13-year-old girl named Nahbiri moves to India with her father and has to face the wrenching challenge of adjusting to a different culture. Things would...
...however, hadn't yet approved the drugs for use in children, so no one knew how well the treatment would work. Furthermore, since children metabolize drugs more quickly than adults, physicians could only guess at the proper dosage. Too much could kill Jake. Too little might inadvertently create a mutant strain of the virus that could defy future treatment...
...research located the point at which this increase in mutant T-tropic virus, prior to this point M-tropic, occurs," Landau said...