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...Therefore I Slack...
...documentary to be broadcast Thursday, Professor Jonathan Slack of the University of Bath in England tells how he manipulated the genes of a frog embryo to suppress growth of the tadpole's head and tail...
...make them headless? Slack tells the BBC, "Imagine reprogramming an egg in such a way that it didn't form a whole embryo but it just formed the organ you wanted, plus the heart and circulatory system." Yes, this is no mad science, but simply organ transplant research ? just as Dr. Ian Wilmut originally cloned Dolly the sheep to create a better glass of milk...
Your excellently researched article on serotonin drugs touched on a much larger picture. One of the curses of living in an advanced industrialized society is a growing propensity to deny responsibility for one's own health and happiness and expect material goods, science and technology to take up the slack. As long as overweight people pop pills instead of taking the stairs and psychiatrists prescribe chemicals, not introspection, mistakes like those made with Redux and fenfluramine are inevitable. Our evolutionary cousins continue to be tortured in the name of science. AMANDA WILSON New York City...
...morning after negotiators failed to agree on a new contract. The strike is expected to upset delivery service to thousands of businesses nationwide and will cost the company an estimated $50 million a day. Federal Express and the U.S. Postal Service have made contingency plans to take up the slack, but say they may have difficulty handling the additional load. Adding to the delivery giant's difficulties is a promise by 2,000 UPS pilots to join the strikers. And with President Clinton virtually ruling out federal intervention, it could be a long time before the dispute is settled...