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...manipulated, they wonder, is it possible to directly treat parts of the body they affect? Jerry Shay, a biologist specializing in cancer research at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, does not rule it out. Instead of engineering genes, he says, "we might be able to squirt some chemical to trigger telomerase at a particular site. The enzyme would turn on for a few weeks, change the expression of cells and revert them to a younger profile. We wouldn't have to treat the whole body...
...repackaging cheesy old shows as found-object satire. It's so easy! And so hip--a lesson that has eluded the minds at MTV, VH1's cooler sister network, where they generally work very hard at being hip, sometimes too hard. A perfect example is the new Squirt TV, a talk show picked up from public access. The host is a detached 17-year-old, Jake Fogelnest, who is as committed to ironically appreciating the 1970s as any Gen X Bandstand fan despite the fact that he became sentient only around 1981. The question for the target audience for these...
There is little as comparably amusing on Squirt TV, with Fogelnest playing host out of his sizable bedroom. This is a somewhat more elaborately produced version of the cable-access show in which he debuted in New York City at the tender age of 14. On the MTV show Jake, who has dressed up his "set" with a new comforter, sits smugly self-assured in oversize pants and Airwalks and asks people like Adam Sandler who their favorite character was on What's Happening! ("I've had on every guest I've wanted," Jake bragged to TIME. Oddly, his wish...
...Eton, William is one of 200 F-Tits, "tit" meaning "squirt" and F denoting the school block inhabited by freshmen. He sleeps in a simple 10-ft. by 7-ft. room above the kitchen; he has his own security man next door. Prince Charles' misery at Gordonstoun is legendary; but Eton's reputation for canings and oppression of younger boys by older ones has faded in recent decades, and William, who had several good friends matriculating with him, was very popular at his previous school...
JOHANNESBURG: Insect Invasion They hiss, bare their teeth and squirt a noxious black goop. The South African rainy season has brought an influx of so-called Parktown Prawns. Not really crustaceans, the brawny, pink, 10-cm- long king crickets are infesting the gardens of affluent suburbs in ever increasing numbers. Some residents insist they are pollution-induced mutants; others tell of ferocious guard dogs driven off by the bugs. One woman claimed her children were traumatized after encountering an insect in their bedroom, and demanded to sleep in the car. Experts say the insects are harmless--good news, since there...