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...order to establish a high infection rate in newborn monkeys, the scientists exposed the animals to the simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV), whose behavior is similar to that of HIV, a virus which causes AIDS in humans. SIV was injected into the amniotic fluid, surrounding the fetus, during the late stages of pregnancy...
...through clots of ox dung, looking for undigested kernels of corn to eat. Young, homeless thieves in Papua New Guinea's Port Moresby may not know their last names or the names of the villages where they were born. In the inner cities of America, newspapers regularly report on newborn babies dropped into garbage bins by drug-addicted mothers...
...years, predicts biologist Leroy Hood of the California Institute of Technology, doctors will be able to take a blood sample from a newborn infant, extract DNA from the blood and insert it into a machine that will analyze 100 or so genes. "That will give us DNA fingerprints of genes that predispose us to common kinds of diseases," Hood says. Based on the genetic profile, the computer will dispense some medical advice. It might say, "This individual has a tendency toward skin cancer and should avoid overexposure to the sun." Or: "He has insufficient LDL cholesterol receptors and a proclivity...
Another recent visitor to Washington -- Jane Miljovski, a minister in the Macedonian government -- offers a persuasive rebuttal: "As citizens of a newborn, almost defenseless nation, we are afraid that if we can be bullied into changing our name, we will next come under pressure to change our borders...
...thing, the existence of the belt and cloud are natural consequences of established theories about the birth of the solar system. According to such theories, the early sun, formed from a cloud of gas and dust, was surrounded by a disk-shaped nimbus made up of the leftovers. The newborn star's heat drove smaller particles and gases, including water vapor, out from the center. The heavier, metal-rich rock left behind condensed into asteroids and the inner planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars. Much of the gas and light dust , farther out was gathered up into the so-called...