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...majority of genetic stigmas have somewhat more subtle symptoms and occur when defective genes fail to order the production of essential enzymes that trigger the body's biochemical reactions. Phenylketonuria (PKU) is caused by the absence of the enzyme necessary for the metabolism of the amino acid phenylalanine; as a result, toxins accumulate in the body and eventually cause convulsions and brain damage. Cystic fibrosis, which causes abnormal secretion by certain glands and respiratory-tract blockage that can lead to death by pneumonia, is the most common inborn error of metabolism; it is believed to be caused by a deficiency...
...potential of the technique is already being tested by an international research team in the treatment of two children whose hereditary inability to produce the enzyme arginase had resulted in severe mental retardation. The team infected the youngsters with a natural virus, the Shope papilloma, which contains DNA that triggers arginase synthesis. Although the experiment is expected to produce no improvement in the children's mental condition, it may belatedly trigger the production of the missing enzyme and prove that viruses can carry beneficial messages to the cells...
...Square even more is the way in which the old radio shows' linear style of plot development has been transformed into a fragmented form where the current vignette being enacted is interrupted by flashbacks to examine what has gone before, and where a single word in the dialogue can trigger the introduction of a set of man-in-the-street interviews on the subject in question. Besides having the form of an experiential montage held together by the relationships between characters, Harvard Square uses separation of recorded voices, sound effects, and background noises on eight tracks to add depth. (When...
...immediate trigger for Premier Süeyman Demirel's political demise was the case of the four kidnaped U.S. airmen. Sergeant Jimmie J. Sexton and Airmen First Class James M. Gholson, Larry Heavner and Richard Caraszi were abducted two weeks ago by young revolutionaries who demanded $400,000 to spare their lives. The Ankara government responded with a heavyhanded and unproductive search through the Middle East Technical University, in which a student and a soldier were killed...
When Marvin Katko, 30, broke into an abandoned farmhouse near Oskaloosa, Iowa, a shotgun cut loose with a load of buckshot, hitting him in the right ankle. The gun had been tied to a bed, and the trigger was wired to go off when the bedroom door was opened. Katko was arrested, for petty larceny, fined $50 and put on six months' probation. Justice had apparently been done, or so everyone thought-except Marvin Katko...