Word: proteins
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...latecomers. And whereas diabetics in general have a high incidence of complications, notably atherosclerosis and changes in the eye (which may lead to blindness), Yemenite diabetics showed none of these. Main reason for their immunity on this score, said Dr. Brunner, is that diabetic Yemenites stay on their low-protein, lowfat, high-carbohydrate diet...
Japan has always depended on the sea; 80% of the protein in the Japanese diet comes from seafood. Before World War II it was the leading fishing nation. But after the war the U.S., the U.S.S.R., Canada, Red China, Korea and Australia excluded Japanese fishermen from many of their traditional fishing grounds.* Something had to be done to make up for the loss...
...virus was that of Stewart-Eddy polyoma, named for N.I.H.'s Drs. Sarah Stewart and Bernice Eddy (TIME, July 27). Team members stripped the protein overcoat from the virus particles to get the nuclear content. This proved to be a form of deoxyribonucleic acid, which has an enormously complex structure with a molecular weight of 2,000,000 or more...