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Rather than wait to see what the H5N1 virus does next, U.S. scientists are racing to develop an effective vaccine, working in conjunction with doctors in Hong Kong and the pharmaceutical industry. It is not going to be easy. Influenza vaccines are usually grown in a chicken-egg medium, and H5N1 virus kills chicken eggs. "We've never been faced with this situation," says Dr. Anthony Fauci, head of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Even if scientists succeed in genetically engineering a form of the virus that does not kill the eggs, says Fauci, it will still...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NEW HONG KONG FLU | 12/29/1997 | See Source »

Whether your Yuletide house teems with merry life or relative strife, whether you're with the brood or just brooding, whether that lump in your stocking's a Tamagachi or a rotten egg, nothing seals the season like a Christmas movie...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Merry Couch-mas To All | 12/23/1997 | See Source »

This is it! The semester is almost over. A few weeks away from the classrooms, and we will be in a new year. Often this time of year, amidst the green and red storefronts, blinking lights and egg nog, people take a moment to reflect on the past year and make lofty promises of dos and don'ts for the next. Well, why should everyone else have...

Author: By Baratunde R. Thurston, | Title: New Year's Tips From TechTalk | 12/16/1997 | See Source »

Genitalia. Penis-lipped egg pods, alien ad hoc vaginas--this could get tiresome. Please move...

Author: By Nicolas R. Rapold, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Fear of Genetics Meets Cellophane and Custard | 12/5/1997 | See Source »

After trying unsuccessfully for years to have a child, John and Luanne Buzzanca in 1994 arranged to have a fertility clinic combine an egg and sperm from anonymous donors. The embryo was implanted in a surrogate, Pamela Snell, a married mother of two, who contracted with the Buzzancas to carry the baby to term. But in 1995, a month before Jaycee was born, John Buzzanca filed for divorce and refused to provide child support...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SIX PARENTS, ONE ORPHAN | 12/1/1997 | See Source »

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