Word: shortener
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Scientists have long theorized that a cell's biological clock lies in its telomeres, little bits of DNA that coat the tips of the chromosomes and, much like the plastic cuffs on shoelaces, prevent the strands from unraveling. Every time a cell splits in two, the telomeres shorten, until finally, after about 40 to 90 divisions, they are reduced to stubs. Because any further divisions would fray the chromosomes, the cells settle into a twilight stage and eventually die. Only an enzyme called telomerase, first discovered in 1984, can repair the damaged telomeres. However, most human cells, with the exception...
...FIGHTER You may no longer have to spend the usual week in bed if you catch the flu. When taken within 30 hours of getting sick, a drug called zanamivir can shorten the duration of Type A and Type B flu from seven to four days. Zanamivir still needs FDA approval...
Still, these moves do little to mitigate the inconvenience of purchasing a sourcebook. Wasting an hour queuing up or being forced to do without assigned readings until lines shorten puts students...
HPPS clearly has had mixed success thus far. We trust Gill will indeed take steps to shorten sourcebook lines before spring semester rolls around, in the dead of winter...
...chances of executing innocent persons, the criminal justice system has taken steps in recent years to make that horrible scenario even more likely. Criminal court judges, district attorneys and other local officials continue to win elections by boasting that they are" tough on crime." As a result, movements to shorten the time between sentencing and execution are spreading throughout states which allow for capital punishment. Of the 401 executions completed since the death penalty was reinstated, about 70 percent of them have occurred in the 1990s...