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4indicate that at saturation (20 μM), lipid A from B. cepacia bound almost exactly one-half as many protegrin molecules as lipid A from P. aeruginosa . How might this be rationalized?
The analysis based its benefits on achieving the "Healthy People 2000," a Department program, goal of reducing underage tobacco use by one-half in order to prevent over 60,000 early deaths.
The 37 percent just mentioned refers to over one-half million additional children who were harmed by physical abuse, sexual abuse, or physical neglect in 1993--over and above the number who were harmed by these forms of mistreatment in 1986.
The editorial goes on to note that between one-third and one-half of all divorced women spend some time on welfare: "As for the famous gender gap, it appears to be merely part of the basic political tensions that now exist between defenders of the country's post-War system of government guarantees and Republicans who argue for an updating of the ways we ensure personal and financial security."
One-half the total number of male or female (random cycling) rats was kept on the original Phyto-600 diet (long-term) and the other half was assigned to the Phyto-free diet (short-term).