Word: pathways
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...found that oncogenes were normal genes, vital to cell growth and development, that had somehow gone awry -- probably as a result of mutations induced by carcinogens such as cigarette smoke and radiation. The team thus helped explain the role of genetic damage in cancer development and established a common pathway by which all cancers seem to evolve. Observed Bishop: "We have the seeds of cancer in our own genetic dowry." Since then researchers have identified more than 40 slightly altered genes that cause cancer in humans. These discoveries will make it easier for doctors to diagnose and predict the occurrence...
...This seizure should put to rest any further speculation that Los Angeles is in fact the major pathway for cocaine entering the country and has in fact become a major distribution center in the United States," said Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) spokesperson Ralph Lochridge...
Islam is a way of life, which nurtures and enhances the natural propensity within each individual to do good. We seek guidance for this pathway in the Qur'an, and in the example of the Prophet Mohammed (peace be upon him). For Muslims, the Prophet (peace be upon him) is the ideal example of a human being; for in him is the highest manifestation of all the good qualities which are within each person...
...wake of these controversies, administrators emphasize their committment to improving the revolutionary "New Pathway" curriculum and to promoting student projects like the U.S.-Soviet exchange program currently in progress...
...exchange grew out of New Pathway, a Med School curriculum implemented three years ago that encourages students to develop their own course of study. Administrators continue to expand the program with a third-year clerkship program and a course on patient-doctor relationships beginning this term...