Word: transmits
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...protein-producing mechanism on and off. In the human body, as in all organisms, every cell contains the complete genetic code and, in theory, has the potential to serve any function. A liver cell has the instructions necessary to grow hair, for example, and a bone cell to transmit information as a nerve does. The reason these things do not happen is that the instructions -- the genes -- are switched on only under very specific conditions. If researchers can fuse the firefly gene to specific plant or animal genes, they will be able to monitor the "expression," or turning...
...Women transmit AIDS to men far less frequently. The CDC says only one- quarter of all U.S. heterosexually acquired AIDS cases are men. A woman's blood or secretions could infect a man during intercourse; the penis also has mucous membranes, but it is probably exposed to less virus. The risk from oral sex appears to be much lower than from either anal or vaginal intercourse...
...rare (though not impossible) for a single exposure to the AIDS virus to produce an infection. In most cases, repeated exposure over time appears to be necessary. AIDS "may be more difficult to transmit than herpes," says Montefiore's Friedland. "A number of pieces of information suggest that you need a large amount of virus." Studies of the sex partners of AIDS victims -- people who have had hundreds of sexual encounters with carriers of the virus -- show that 40% to 50% do not become infected with the virus...
...Each qualified person shall be required on a bianual basis to update and re-file his tenant profile and transmit same to the Board and to the owner. Any tenant who no longer is a qualified person shall be given a reasonable period to locate alternative housing, and the entire cost of an eviction, if necessary, shall be borne by the non-qualifying person. No landlord/owner shall knowingly permit a nonqualified person to reside in a dedicated unit...
...minimum, Bennett says, a solid core curriculum must encompass "the basic body of knowledge which universities once took it upon themselves as their obligation to transmit, under the name of a liberal education...