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...over 1,100 transcription factors in the mouse genome, only 200 or so are expressed in the cells involved in forming the pancreas, 28 of which are expressed in the part of the gland organ where beta cells are found...
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...been through a ''substance abuse'' treatment program. Though he downplays these problems, Sepulveda says, ''I do think that Loma Linda had good reasons to turn us down.'' Another ethical issue was brought to light by the Baby Jesse case: the growing role of the media in determining who gets organs. Frank Clemenshaw, 22, and Deborah Walters, 33, the Michigan couple who donated their baby's heart to Jesse, admitted they had been moved to do so by televised reports on Jesse and his parents. ''Our baby could not live,'' said Walters, whose son was brain-dead at birth...
...recently played both London's high-tone Barbican theater and the rather more déclassé Glastonbury Festival. And even though the music is certainly not from round these parts, its hooks and grooves are ones any veteran soul-boy or jazzer can relate to: funky brass, swirling organ, growling sax, rippling congas, ecstatic vocals - this is not the sound of a national culture struggling to make itself heard over the global noise of pop. Rather, these are artists who 40 years ago itched to be part of it, who dressed like doo-wop boys, played funk, jazz...
Colicchio has the same instincts as most consumers. In fact, when I asked a bunch of famous chefs to come up with a family meal for around $10, almost all of them gave me recipes for chicken or pasta. I had expected them to load up on organ meats or weird cuts people only eat in other countries. But Colicchio is in deep contemplation over a London broil steak for $6.75. Ham is too expensive, as are asparagus, fresh fish and even (when I bring them to him giggling) cow's feet. Instead, Colicchio considers first a beef stew...