SN online: www.sciencenews.org.SN TODAY Read current science news stories, updated daily. Access stories not seen elsewhere, such as Ron Cowen's coverage of evidence that one of Saturn's moons (pictured below) may host an underground ocean. Visit the Atom & Cosmos cosmos (kŏz`məs), any plant of the tropical American genus Cosmos of the family Asteraceae (aster family). C. bipinnatus, topic section on the website. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] FEATURES Watch science in action. The illustration on Page 19 of this issue has an online version, and it's animated. Watch how an injected in·ject·ed adj. 1. Of or relating to a substance introduced into the body. 2. Of or relating to a blood vessel that is visibly distended with blood. injected 1. introduced by injection. 2. congested. virus can carry new genes into muscle cells and spur the body to make extra blood cells blood cells, n.pl the formed elements of the blood, including red cells (erythrocytes), white cells (leukocytes), and platelets (thrombocytes). blood cells See erythrocyte and leukocyte. Platelets are classed separately. , discussed in the feature on the possibility of gene doping Gene doping is defined by the World Anti-Doping Agency as "the non-therapeutic use of cells, genes, genetic elements, or of the modulation of gene expression, having the capacity to improve athletic performance". in this year's Olympics. |
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