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...production of thrombospondin, a protein that inhibits the growth of new blood vessels. In the normal adult, angiogenesis is not only a rare event, but one cells strive to prevent, save for special circumstances like wound healing. For blood vessels invading joints can cause arthritis, and those invading the retina of the eye can cause blindness. To prevent such damage, cells keep blood vessels at bay by pumping out thrombospondin. At a recent scientific conference, Noel Bouck, a molecular biologist from Northwestern University Medical School, stunned her colleagues by presenting preliminary data suggesting that thrombospondin production may be regulated...
Diabetes mellitus, a disease characterized by the body's inability to make an essential blood sugar, insulin, is complicated by cell dysfunction, particularly in the retina. Wald's research examines the blood flow in the retina in the early stages of diabetes, before any retinal disease has developed...
...music. Interactive media reached its apogee in exit poll analysis in one broadcast, as sturdy colored columns thrust out of the presenter's table to represent voters' wishes. "Now, Diane, do we have a breakdown of veterans from the Korean as opposed to Vietnam wars?" Pollsters' minutiae assailed the retina, with columns, forecasts and maps pulsating in all directions, quite inexplicably, yet invoked in deadly serious tones. "Diane, do we have a breakdown of votes of those who prefer eggs to cereal at breakfast? Do those who had sexual intercourse at least once the night before show a marked preference...
Although a detached retina has robbed Mittarakis of sight in her right eye and she has lost 60% of the vision in her left eye, she continues to produce canvases at home on Paqueta Island off the coast of Rio. The work reproduced on this week's cover is an acrylic portrayal of the Tijuca forest overlooking...
...gene is responsible for the production of peripherin, a protein necessary for normal operation of light-sensitive cells in the retina...