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...size achieved by each mouse was dependent on how many copies of the rat gene it happened, by chance, to have received. One mouse with 20 copies had 800 times the normal level of growth hormone in its blood. It grew to be almost twice the size of litter mates that had no copies of the rat gene...
...hybrid emerges that nature could never have produced. In last week's issue of the British journal Nature, scientists at four American institutions announced that they had actually accomplished this remarkable, first-of-its-kind feat. A gene carrying the DNA code for growth hormone was taken from rats and incorporated into mouse embryos. The result: mice that grew to be nearly twice the normal size. The super-mice not only produced large quantities of rat growth hormone in their bodies, but in some cases even passed on this trait to a second generation of giant offspring...
...culmination of years of genetic tinkering by three biochemists: Richard Palmiter, of the University of Washington in Seattle, and Ronald Evans and Neal Birnberg, of the Salk Institute in La Jolla, Calif. The gene they prepared for insertion into mice was a carefully crafted composite. It consisted of a rat growth-hormone gene plus part of a mouse gene. The mouse portion served as a switch to activate the rat gene...
...English satirist has been cartooning cats for decades, mocking their uncivilized sophistication, their hypocrisy and cunning. While some of his furry vamps are overarch (Lady Catterley, Catahari), the vast majority of his scenes and creatures are instances of energy and wit. After examining the ferocious splashes of color in "Rat Race" or the haunting perspectives of "Displaced Persons," cat owners will never again feel quite so indulgent or annoyed with their demanding pets. The cats, however, will not change a hair. As Searle's futuristic comedy indicates, for the rest of the century ailurophiles will be making beelines...
Still, there is something distant and unemotional about the way Benton presents her mysterious case. As the movie proceeds, one finds oneself examining its references (Vertigo, North by Northwest, Rear Window, Psycho, Spellbound) rather than getting truly involved with the story. Soon a longing for the rat-tat-tattiness of sleazier Hitchcock knockoffs like Dressed to Kill steals over the viewer...