Gene May Improve Schizophrenia Drugs
National briefing reports scientists have cloned the D1 dopamine receptor gene, a step toward understanding brain cell communication and potential early diagnosis and treatment of schizophrenia and Parkinson's disease. D2 receptor cloning occurred in 1988. researchers anticipate receptor abnormalities may reveal disease onset.
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New York
Lewis Judd
Nationa Institute of Mental
Judd
Nature
Allen Dearry
Woman in coma after poisonous mushroom meal at cottage
Roberta Rogala, 85, a botany student, near death at University of Chicago Hospitals after eating what doctors believe were poisonous mushrooms with her husband at a cottage in Dewey Lake, Michigan. Rogala's liver failure prompted urgent transplant talk as she remains in critical condition.
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Roberta Rogala
University of Chicago
John Easton
Rosala
Isiogala
Rogala
Smith Seeks Salary Pause at University of South Carolina
Interim USC president Arthur K. Smith told aides the school faces a serious public perception problem and will not award raises beyond those for other state employees. Legislators criticized former president Holderman’s spending while Smith outlined reform ideas after meeting Rep. Herb Kirsh to discuss administrative bloat and governance changes.
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University of South Carolina
Arthur K. Smith
James B. Holderman
Smith
Herb Kirsh
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Kirsh
Classical Harpist Turns To Rock in Chicago
Amy Lee, 34, a harpist at The Art Institute of Chicago, melds rock with classical pieces for lunch crowds. Once a disc jockey and symphony musician, she rose after a 1981 jazz festival performance, earning the moniker The Angel of Rock.
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Chicago
Amy Lee
Art Institute of Chicago
Lee
Bush Signals Reconsideration Of Aid To Soviets
President Bush, ahead of his Helsinki summit with Gorbachev, says his administration is willing to reevaluate economic aid to the Soviet Union amid ongoing Gulf crisis support. Fitzwater noted Moscow's cooperation, while stressing reforms remain unproven. He also cited upcoming GOP appearances stressing the summit’s importance and possible talks on a Middle East peace conference.
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Soviet Union
Mike Hayden
Bill Grant
Kuwait
Firewater
United Nations
Middle East
Shuttle Mission Scrubbed From Cape Canaveral Launch
NASA scrubbed the Columbia space shuttle launch hours before liftoff to the Astro observatory due to a fuel leak. Shuttle manager Robert Ippen called the search a real booger to find and isolate. Even if fixed, liftoff would be delayed three to four days, extending the longest gap between missions since Challenger.
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Cape Canaveral
Columbia
NASA
Brady Fund Raising Faces Tough Asia Challenge
Anchorage report notes Treasury Secretary Nicholas Brady seeks billions to back the Iraq campaign. He planned talks with South Korea's Roh Tae Woo and Japan's Toshiki Kaifu, while James Baker toured Middle East states for economic backing. Officials say Tokyo may contribute in kind. Seoul unlikely to provide troops.
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Alaska
Treasury
Nicholas Brady
Iraq
Saddam Hussein
Brady
Roh Taewoo
Tokyo
Toshiki Kaifu
Bush
James A. Baker III
Ensrich
Middle East
Margaret Thatcher
Persian Gulf
Egypt
Jordan
Turkey
Japan
South Korea
Europe
Far East
Seoul
Gulf Crisis and War Costs Stall U.S. Budget Talks
Washington negotiators resume talks on deficit reduction as Iraqs takeover of Kuwait and the Persian Gulf war push fuel costs higher and slow the economy. White House and congressional leaders clash over plans amid rising Pentagon expenses and shifting global conditions.
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White House
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Iraq
Kuwait
U.S
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Saudi Arabia
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House
Richard Gephardt
D-Mo
Richard Darman
Darman
Persian Gulf
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Rep
Newt Gingrich
Household Cigarette Smoke Endangers Kids
A New England Journal of Medicine study from Yale indicates that children exposed to parental smoking face higher lung cancer risk as adults. Non-smokers living with two smokers in childhood may have double the risk, with about 17 percent of lung cancers in never-smokers linked to early home exposure.
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New England Journal of Medicine
Dwight Janerich
Yale Medical School
Environmental Protection Agency
Nev
Alfred Munzer
American Lung Association
Washington Adventist Hospital
Takoma Park
Killer of 5 college students staged corpses for shock
In Gainesville Florida a killer who stabbed five college students posed bodies for maximum shock value. The Miami Herald cited no further detail while noting taunting messages at the scene. An expert said the killings were methodical and left little evidence. One suspect faced a bail hearing in Brevard County for assaulting Edward Lewis 18, a University freshman, held on $1 million.
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