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...test that theory, the researchers conducted a series of experiments, the most illuminating of which revealed that when the TLR5-deficient mice were given unrestricted diets, they ate 10% more than normal mice, and that even when their food was limited, they were still less sensitive to insulin than their normal counterparts...
...rejecting foreign cells and bacteria. When these animals received the teeming gut world of the TLR5-deficient mice, they too began eating more and developed the same metabolic-syndrome symptoms that their donors had. In other words, the obesity profile of the heavier mice had been transferred to normal mice. "So, applying the logic to humans," says Gewirtz, "we know that to gain weight and become obese, [it] requires you to eat more. The question is, Why do people eat more? Our results suggest that one reason people might be eating more is because of changes in their intestinal bacteria...
...first person you see, and then they die, and 10 minutes in, you have the same sense of unpredictability that the other soldiers have. You identify with them, but you're not really sure who's the most valuable to the story, because the story has just inverted the normal valuing system of famous-means-they-live...
...think the use of CGI and 3-D will affect cinema? -Josh Coppenbarger, Normal, Ill. Obviously there's a milestone with Avatar in terms of the emotionality of CG characters that will have acceptance from here on. I think we're at an interesting stage where if we can imagine it, we can create it. At this point, it's down to storytelling and imagination...
...leader of the group was Gelowicz, who was born in Munich and converted to Islam when he was 16. Though he became a devout Muslim, he appeared to lead the life of a normal teenager - he even played quarterback on an American football team. Things changed, however, when he started visiting an Islamic center in the southern city of Neu-Ulm and found himself outraged over the photos of the Abu Ghraib prison scandal in Iraq and the terror suspects being held at Guantanamo Bay. "This Islamic center was a meeting place for young Muslims and they felt a sense...