Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 16, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba 62 Winnipeg free May scientists discover clock9 Gene associated press b mechanism regulates daily ebb and flow Oston scientists Are closing in on the Gene that makes us for the first they have isolated a piece of Dan in mammals that controls the internal clock the mechanism in the brain and eyes that regulates the daily ebb and flow of everything from sleep to moods to Hor Mone so far they have found this which they dubbed Only in mice among higher but the scientists Are confident they will Soofi locate a lookalike version that controls the so called circadian rhythm in peo the scientists believe this is one of several perhaps 10 or that produce the proteins that keep the body running on now that one has been nailed they believe others will be readily the significance is this is the first window into the molecular biology of clocks in said Joseph Taka a geneticist who led the work at Northwestern the discovery was reported in yesterdays Issue of the journal the discovery May eventually have practical several ailments including insomnia and depression can result from upsets in circadian diseases Are also affected by the body for heart attacks Are More common in the morn while asthma is worse at understanding How the circadian genes work May open new avenues to treating these scientists have Learned much about How the body holds to a daily tissue in the eyes and a spot in the brain called the Supra Miasmatic nucleus of the hypothalamus generate the signals that Tell creatures when to sleep and Wake and regulate All sorts of bodily until they have known Little about How All this works on the most Basic level the genes and the proteins the genes some of the genes that regulate these functions have been uncovered in such lowly creatures As bread Mold but never in anything As complicated As a its really important because it opens up the biological clock in mammals to said Charles Weitz of Harvard medical Steven director of the National Institute of mental cautioned that practical applications Are probably far but they could be death penalty sought for Una bomber suspect associated press Washington attorn in general Janet Reno requested the death penalty yesterday for Una bomber suspect Theodore Kaczynski despite pleas for mercy from his Mother and who had turned him in to the Reno ordered prosecutors to seek death on grounds that Kaczynski allegedly killed two men with plan Ning and lacks remorse and still pre sents a danger to the lives of the 54yearold has pleaded not guilty to charges in and Kaczynski younger and ended the governments 18year manhunt for the Una bomber last year after tipped the Fri that they had recognized the ideas and phrases of Kacyn in the Una bombers manifestos railing against the family has argued that Kaczynski suffered from mental illness from which can be a mitigating Factor under death penalty tory Leader resigns by proxy Canadian press to Fredericton Bernard m Valcourt is not coming Back from his walk in the the embattled Leader of the new Brunswick conservative party said yesterday he is stepping Down because of last months lukewarm endorsement of his often criticized for his Low Valcourt did not even attend the news conference announcing his he refused to take Calls from the when confronted by one reporter at his Home in Northwestern new Valcourt didst have much to say in going to look for a Job after they elect a new Valcourt spent much of the past month on a Beach in Florida deciding what to variation on the walk in the Snow former prime minister Pierre Trudeau took when he pondered his party president Brian Harquail said yesterday that Val courts absence should not be viewed As evidence of a rift in the Valcourt seeks Job he is very said har who read Val courts Resigna Tion letter in a Small room where reporters outnumbered none of the six member tory caucus he is hot bitter at when i left him this he was very a lawyer in who gained National attention As a High flying member of former prime minister Brian Mulroney is not known for taking defeat when his Federal political career crashed in along with that of virtually All of Mulroney a stunned Valcourt would not address his Campaign supporters or the news Many observers Felt Valcourt never adjusted to the smaller scale of an opposition politician in tiny new he plans to continue to rep resent Edmundston in the legislature and will stay on a Jeader until a successor is that is expected to be in 1997 Corolla do plus per month 48 month lease automatic transmission air conditioning cruise control 1997rav4 Spony and fun cassette dual airbags 1997camryle performance and luxury dual airbags Power package heated mirrors 48 financing per month lease Down Toyota hurry and get together with your neighbourhood Toyota dealer today smart people read the Fine finance and lease rates from Toyota Canada credit Mac Tor qualified retail customers Only on selected 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students who were protesting the closing of a riot police fired tear Gas and bul lets into the air and several people were wounded in the prints not found Denver a Timothy Mcveigh fingerprints be found on several pieces of evidence that could tie him to the Oklahoma City including the key and rental agreement for the Ryder truck allegedly used in the a prosecution expert testified yester Fri fingerprint technician Louis Hupp also said there were no Mcveigh prints at the rental Agency where a witness said Mcveigh picked up the truck two Days before the Yeltsin gets Tough Moscow Reuter russian president Boris Yeltsin said today he had taken the first Concrete step in fighting corruption by ordering All state officials and their families to declare their income and proper my task is to put an end to the situation when a state Post serves As a source of Yeltsin said in a Short radio Hon esty today is not Only a moral Cate it has become a political teachers suspended a two teachers who made a misbehaving six Earold boy stand still so another student could slap him were sus Pended for the last 12 Days of the school i Heads to London a the Princess of Wales will bring her Campaign to ban land mines to the United states next the British red Cross announced yesterday that Diana will attend an american red Cross gala june 17 that Hopes to raise for land mine victims around the blasts kill four Albania Reuter an ammunition dump in South Ern Albania was rocked by explosions killing four people and injuring military officials and doctors Between 10 to is people were still trapped inside the the City of Winnipeg notice of meeting lord Selkirk West Kildonan Community committee May 1997 Community committee 1760 main Street regular meeting Public hearings to consider zoning mailers All interested persons Are invited to attend for further information Call Carol Jones Community clerk Telephone 9863031 Date place time correction in this weeks Kmart layer elective May the mowing errors 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