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Even so, Tsien has no plan to try tinkering with human genes--nor could he under current ethical guidelines. Drugs that can boost the action of the NR2B molecule, however, are not only ethical but already being contemplated. "Princeton has applied for a use patent for this gene," says Tsien, acknowledging his contacts with drugmakers, "although we wouldn't try to patent the gene itself...
...upon row of iron lungs occupied by victims of polio epidemics and the quarantine signs posted on the homes of people stricken by diphtheria, whooping cough, smallpox and measles. Of these scourges, smallpox has been wiped out and the others have become rare and largely preventable through the use of vaccines. Says Duke University pediatrics professor Samuel Katz, a leading authority on vaccines: "Immunization is the single intervention that has most dramatically reduced childhood morbidity and mortality...
...inmate to have a conviction overturned thanks to DNA evidence, including eight released from death row. These numbers are testimony to the fallibility of our criminal-justice system, as well as to the determination of the Innocence Project, an enterprising New York City law clinic that has pioneered the use of DNA to free the wrongly convicted...
...flamingoes in the shoals seven miles off the coast. In Al Capone's day, the community doubled as an aquatic red-light district. Bygone booze-and-broads joints like Pierre's Bikini Club are etched in Miami's nefarious past. But today Laura, 35, and her husband Jeff, 36, use her family's stilt house as a weekend retreat, an octopus' garden where their children can angle for bonefish from the balcony and squeal at dolphins that come by like neighborhood gossips. "Some of us," says Laura, "still want a frontyard-backyard relationship with blue water...
...change risky habits? Clearly, as emphasized by counselors from Gay Men of African Descent, an organization based in New York City that advises young adults, it's important to know the cultural heritage of your audience. While it may make sense to recommend that teenagers and young adults use condoms, you must be aware that many young African Americans view them as a challenge to their manhood...