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Scientists from London's Imperial Cancer Research Fund studied DNA from four men with an abnormal set of chromosomes: each bore an XX pairing that had a small piece of Y attached to one of the chromosomes. Segments of DNA cloned from the Y fragment were compared with genetic material from a wide range of male and female mammals, from chimps to tigers. Only one segment, which contained the SRY gene, was present in all the males and absent in all the females. Working with the ICRF team, London's Medical Research Council scientists showed that XY mice, which...
PRESTON STURGES: THE RISE AND FALL OF AN AMERICAN DREAMER (PBS, July 2, 9 p.m. on most stations). Hollywood's brilliant burnout, who created a string of comedy classics in the 1940s, then faded into oblivion, is profiled in the first American Masters segment of the summer. If only for the wonderful clips, a don't-miss...
...campaign to save the purity of Lake Baikal. In light of his anti-Western, nationalist and anti-Semitic views, his appointment to the Presidential Council surprised many. Though Rasputin is not a member of the Communist Party, Gorbachev may view him as a communications link to an important segment of the population...
...segment of Bok's vision for Harvard, and for higher education as a whole, has been the teaching of ethics. During his presidency, the College, the Medical School, the Business School and the Kennedy School of Government have all had some form of ethics education incorporated into their curricula...
...cartoons are being supplied free of charge by the U.S.-based Christian Broadcasting Network, which has been smuggling the tapes into the Soviet Union for several years. Last spring a Leningrad news team filmed a short segment of children watching one of the videos for a documentary, and this month the shows will begin broadcasting nationwide...