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...that's just the start. By looking at the genome as a whole, scientists can begin addressing broader questions about who we are and how we got here. They're learning, for example, that humans have far fewer genes than the 100,000 to 140,000 scientists believed as recently as last summer. The real count, says Celera geneticist Mani Subramanian, turns out to be more like 30,000 or 35,000--a number that seems shockingly low to many scientists. "We think we're superior beings," he says. "But we have the same number of genes as a plant...
...reason to believe this would be the case, especially when the Rhodes committee itself has urged Harvard to be more generous in its opinion of applicants. In addition, past precedent has shown that prior to 1991-1992, when the endorsement procedure was more liberal, Harvard had no fewer, and in many years, certainly a greater, number of scholars...
...farther from their brothers and sisters than did previous generations. And with each passing year, they face more of the life passages that often trigger splits with siblings, particularly arguments over the care of elderly parents or over their estates. At the same time, boomers have more divorces and fewer children and are less tethered to neighbors than were their parents and grandparents, so they are more in need of strong relationships with sisters and brothers--the most-enduring ties many of us have in our lives. Eighty-five percent of adult Americans have at least one sibling...
...with additional exemptions for farmers and small-business owners. The top "death-tax" rate of 55% may also be cut, possibly to under 40%. This would be a fun battle to watch. Those who favor repeal don't want to merely chip away at the tax because as fewer people pay it, support for repeal erodes...
...liver cancer and cirrhosis. Today's treatment? Mostly interferon, which is not always effective and has notoriously discomforting side effects like fever, chills, aches and pains. Researchers have developed a modified form of interferon called Pegasys that can be taken once a week instead of three times and has fewer, milder and more transient side effects. Best of all, Pegasys is two to five times as effective. FDA approval is expected soon...