Notes:

1.] – Genetics: a full set of chromosomes; all the inheritable traits of an organism.

2.] – A genetic marker is a known DNA sequence. It can be described as a variation, which may arise due to mutation or alteration in the genomic loci, en.wikipedia.org.

3.] – Tryptophan (abbreviated as Typ or W) is one of twenty standard amino acids, as well as an essential amino acid in the human diet. en.wikipedia.org.

4.] – Low Salt Diet: The purpose: Sodium controlled diets are designed to avoid excessive sodium retention. en.dietsite.com

5.] – The Serenity Prayer is the common name for an originally untitled prayer written by the theologian Reinhold Niebuhr in the 1930s or early 1940s. The prayer became widely known when it was adopted in modified form by Alcoholics Anonymous: Grapevine, The International Journal of Alcoholics Anonymous, identified Niebuhr as the author (January 1950, pp. 6 – 7).

6.] – How V.A.C. ® Therapy Works: KCI has revolutionized advanced wound care with the development of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT). Utilizing multiple mechanisms of action, V.A.C. Therapy removes fluids and infectious materials, helps protect the wound environment, helps promote perfusion and a moist healing environment and helps draw together wound edges.

7.] – The Scream (Skrik. 1893) is a seminal series of expressionist paintings by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch, depicting an agonized figure against a blood red skyline. It is said by some to symbolize the human species overwhelmed by an attack of existential angst.

8.] – Epiphany [feeling], the sudden realization or comprehension of the essence or meaning of something.

9.] – The Power of Now (September 1999): a guide to spiritual enlightenment by Eckhart Tolle, a research scholar, counselor and spiritual leader, who has devoted his life to understanding, integrating and deepening the intense transformation of an inward personal journey. New World Library Novato, CA

10] – Monty Python and the Holy Grail is a 1975 film written and performed by the comedy group Monty Python (Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin) and directed by Gilliam and Jones. It was conceived during a gap between the third and fourth seasons of their popular BBC television series Monty Python's Flying Circus. en.wikipedia.org.

James M. Magrey [05-15-09]

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