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As the human genome gradually yields up its secrets, scientists are finding some genetic events, such as rearrangements in chromosomes, are less random than they had previously thought. Originating as structural weaknesses in unstable stretches of DNA, abnormal chromosomes may, rarely, result in a disabling genetic disease one or two generations later. A report in the Feb. 17 issue of Science by genetics researchers at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania analyzes genetic predisposition to the translocation t(11;22), a swapping of genetic material between chromosomes 11 and 22. They found an unexpectedly high frequency of new...

Rearrangement of U.S. Troops To Be Announced Next Month at the Earliest NOVEMBER 14, 2003 22:50 by Jung-Ahn Kim Hun-Joo Cho (credo@donga.com hanscho@donga.com) U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld revealed on November 14 that the U.S. and allied forces are not considering early withdrawal of troops, despite new efforts by the U.S. to accelerate the return of sovereignty to Iraq. “The decision to withdraw the troops has not been made yet,” he said, stressing that President Bush has clarified the U.S. intention to stay in Iraq as long as it needs. Rumsfeld, who is currently making a tour of Asian countries,...