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...future of man- and womankind. "God is going to give us a second chance?" the Captain wonders as he and his shipmates continue the human habit of baffling and betraying one another. Good question. A scientist might quibble with Brinkley's assumption that sailors would be the likeliest survivors of the next war. But since the species, male and female alike, crawled out of the sea to begin with, it seems only fitting that it make its last stand there as well...
...suspect in the April 18 Titan failure is also a booster rocket. But a burn-through caused by faulty insulation seems the likeliest explanation. As for the Delta failure, two unexplained surges of high current in the main engine's electrical circuits apparently lowered battery voltage, leading to the premature shutdown. This possibility had been detected in 1974. Some corrections were made then, but not to the circuit that failed...
With far fewer Americans to shuttle across the Atlantic, several major airlines will be stung by the shift in travel plans. The likeliest victims are financially struggling Pan Am and TWA, which depend on transatlantic routes for much of their revenue. Eastern Airlines has put on hold the start-up of a new route from Miami to Madrid. The reason: lack of business. Says Hal Rosenbluth, president of a Philadelphia travel agency: "I think the public tends to perceive the U.S. flag carriers as targets." The airlines most immune to the slump are national carriers of northern European countries, which...
...order of one birth per 100,000. In all cases the genes have already been isolated and extensively studied. What is more, biologists hope that for at least two of the disorders, only a tiny amount of the enzyme need be produced to alleviate the worst symptoms. The & likeliest candidates: Lesch-Nyhan syndrome; adenosine deaminase deficiency, an immune disorder of the type that killed the famous "Bubble Boy"; and purine nucleoside phosphorylase deficiency, another illness of the immune system. As investigators learn ever more about gene regulation, however, they may tackle ever more complicated hereditary diseases, including sickle-cell anemia...
...that can sharply focus their search for a desired gene. Known as restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP), the method relies on enzymes that slice DNA in distinctive patterns; families with a history of a genetic disease will tend to have similar configurations, permitting scientists to zero in on the likeliest site of the offending gene. In recent weeks biologists have announced the discovery of RFLP distinctive patterns, or "markers," for cystic fibrosis, which afflicts about 30,000 Americans; cardiovascular disease susceptibility; polycystic kidney disease; and muscular dystrophy. Says Manuel Buchwald of the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto...