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Cancer-Causing Mutation May Be Due to Poison...
Consumption of a poison produced by a South African fungus may cause high rates of liver cancer found in many areas of the world, says a Harvard Medical School hepatologist...
Assistant Professor of Medicine Dr. Mehmet Ozturk and his associates at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have isolated the poison, known as aflatoxin B[1], which causes a DNA sequence mutation common to many cancers...
Strong evidence for aflatoxin's role in liver cancer appeared when researchers found that in four out of five DNA sequences examined, one amino acid, guanine, was converted to anther, thymine. The poison had previously been demonstrated to cause guanine to mutate to thymine in the liver. Hepatitis B, which is another cause of liver cancer, does not cause this same mutation...
...pivotal New Hampshire, Buchanan enjoys surprisingly strong support. This is partly due to New Hampshire voters' disaffection with Bush, partly due to the appeal of the poison of protectionism which Buchanan preaches and partly due to the support of The Manchester Union-Leader, New Hampshire's foremost newspaper. In short, when one looks below the surface, Buchanan seems to pose a credible threat to Bush...