Word: precursor
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TOMORROW: Grown by the body from stem or precursor cells and growth factors...
TOMORROW: Regenerated from stem or precursor cells in the body...
When, in its final passage, Ahab's Wife leaves Melville for dry land, it loses some of its fire; channeling her male precursor is what quickens Naslund into incandescence. By then, however, the soul has been shaken many times over...
This is Calista Flockhart the serious actress, not the flighty Ally McBeal, talking. She has appeared in stage readings of Eve Ensler's Necessary Targets, about Bosnian women refugees, and wants to tackle such roles as St. Joan, Miss Julie and Sally Bowles in I Am a Camera, the precursor to Cabaret. The hard part, of course, will be finding the time. Bash is running for just over a month, and the day after it finishes she'll be back in Los Angeles to start shooting the new season of Ally McBeal. "There's an intensity in the live experience...
Androstenedione and creatine often get lumped together in press accounts (like this one) but are two very different compounds. Androstenedione (andro, for short) is an honest-to-goodness steroid and a precursor to testosterone. It is banned by the National Football League and the International Olympic Committee but not by Major League Baseball. Athletes take the supplement in the hope that their body will convert it into testosterone and help them develop bigger muscles during training...