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Now it will be a mystery, what he would have become with a good long life. His friends say he was modest, deeply courteous--very much his mother's son--and intelligent, and funny. People liked him, he had good stuff in there, not only beauty and good genes. The...
The research, conducted by Japanese and Scottish scientists, may be a wee bit flimsy, as it is based almost entirely on how 104 Japanese and British women responded to some digitally altered photos. But it's reasonably intuitive and might explain such phenomena as the brevity of the Carmen Electra...
Similarly, neither drug is likely to help women who have inherited the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes, since they are least likely of all to develop estrogen-sensitive tumors. Nor is there any guarantee that raloxifene's effects are long lasting.
BLUE GENES Welcome to the brave new greenhouse. Last week Florigene, a biotech company based in Australia, launched its line of violet carnations, Moonshadow, which do not exist in nature but were genetically engineered using a gene from petunias. The company plans to release a black carnation (made with an...
One of humans' oldest dreams is to stay young. While the Fountain of Youth remains undiscovered, a PBS series, Stealing Time: The New Science of Aging, documents findings about genes, diet and exercise that hold the promise of buoyant longevity. The 3-hr. program, which airs in its entirety June...