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...factory is extraordinarily efficient. Research conducted by Harvard's Haseltine and published in the July issue of the journal Cell reveals that the virus has a unique genetic component that allows it to reproduce itself a thousand times as fast as any other kind of virus. The mechanism for this reproduction "is one of the biggest effects I've seen in biology," says Haseltine. "It helps explain why AIDS is such a devastating disease and why it can spread so fast." In the process of rampant replication, the AIDS virus destroys its home, the T cell. Thus...
...penalty was a stern warning to financial journalists who may be tempted to trade on inside information. In a Manhattan courtroom, Federal Judge Charles Stewart last week sentenced J. Foster Winans, 37, a former Wall Street Journal reporter who had been convicted of 59 counts of fraud and conspiracy, to a $5,000 fine, 18 months in prison and five years on probation...
Some recent large libel awards against newspapers do not reflect an increased animus toward the press, in the opinion of Robert Sack, a libel attorney who represents the Wall Street Journal. He thinks that jurors get used to reading about large awards in injury or malpractice cases. Libel suits rarely show out-of-pocket losses, but "when the question turns on how much a man's reputation is worth," Sack believes, "round numbers will come to the juror's mind." What made a $50 million libel suit against the Boston Globe remarkable last week was a verdict that found five...
Some critics question whether West Point should exist at all. In an editorial titled "Is It Time to Abolish West Point?" the editor of the monthly Armed Forces Journal, Benjamin Schemmer, a West Point man ('54), noted that it costs taxpayers $226,190 a year to train and educate each cadet. Tongue in cheek, he went on to suggest that the West Point barracks be turned over to New York State as a prison facility...
There's no easy way to predict insulin resistance, a metabolic condition that can lead to heart disease and diabetes. But a study published online by the British Medical Journal suggests that waist circumference provides a good test. If your waist measures 39 in. or less, you're in the clear; above 39 in., you may be at risk...