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...announced that he and his colleagues had found a major Alzheimer's-susceptibility gene that affected the late-onset forms of the disease. It was the gene for APOE4, a common variant of the APOE lipoprotein, which is one of the many workhorses of the body's cholesterol-transport system. What, everyone wondered, could this lipoprotein, a known risk factor for heart disease, possibly have to do with Alzheimer's? Very quickly, many concluded that Roses could not be right...
...make welfare reform a priority --To provide $45 million in funds, $100 million in matching grants for transport for the disabled --To split the INS into two separate agencies --To finance mentoring programs for children with parents in prison...
George and Barbara Bush said they think the nation's "Clinton fatigue" is real. Undoubtedly real - but not decisive in the election, any more than it was in the Monica days. The American itch for a change does exist. But it is not powerful enough, by itself, to transport George W. Bush from Austin to Pennsylvania Avenue...
...most viable potential host in Africa, it failed to persuade enough FIFA delegates that it would have sufficiently tamed its rampant crime problem to make it a viable venue for the tens of thousands of foreign fans who travel to the event. In terms of infrastructure and transport Germany, naturally, had a distinct edge, while the 12-hour flying time from Europe to South Africa - and, indeed, the prohibitive distance to South Africa for fans from the soccer power centers in North and West Africa - also functioned as a deterrent. Not surprisingly, African soccer administrators are taking the result...
...biotech overcome the challenge of distributing food in developing countries. Taken as a whole, the world produces enough food to feed everyone--but much of it is simply in the wrong place. Especially in countries with undeveloped transport infrastructures, geography restricts food availability as dramatically as genetics promises to improve...