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Show The Daily Utah Chronicle Researchers link rare form of hypertension to gene in new finding Yeehaw! Heart Association. It is a major cause of heart attack and stroke and it is a symptom of kidney By Oie Li an Yeh Chronicle Staff Writer failure. v.: J The gene responsible for a severe type of hypertension has been identified by scientists at the University of Utah Howard The scientists identified the gene in a large family afflicted by GRA. This gene is unusual in its function and structure, Lifton said, who is in Utah on an American first gene shown to cause This gene deranges normal physiology so that a hormone, aldosterone, normally made in Hughes Medical Institute, Brigham & Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School. The finding is the Heart Association research award. hypertension in humans. The hereditary gene that causes a rare form of hypertension, (known for its early onset and severity), called glucocorticoid-remediabl- e aldosteronism, has been identified by Richard Lifton, Harvard Medical School assistant small amounts in a specific part of the body in a tightly regulated fashion, is now made in massive professor and visiting U. John researcher; Lalouel, investigator at U. Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Robert Dluhy, endocrinologist at Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, Mass. and Harvard Medical School associate professor; and Stanley Ulick, New York researcher who 0 measures abnormal steroids. Hypertension, or high blood pressure, afflicts more than 60 million Americans ages 6 and older, according to the American A v- - - v . quantities in another part of the body where it is no longer regulated, Lifton explained. Excessive amounts of aldosterone cause the kidney to retain too much salt and water, constrict the body's blood vessels and cause hypertension, he added. The identified gene is the result of a fusion between two otherwise normal genes to produce a third gene which has a head of one gene and body of another, Lifton said. The fusion causes the body part of the gene to be expressed in the wrong part of the body. Although there has not been a systematic screening for its see "gene" on page two Sites around campus selected for installing emergency telephones IS &jr 1 first eight sites for the emergency phones have been selected. "There were 16 sites selected based on U. By Rick Best Chronicle Staff Writer police crime statistics and input J. Emergency telephones will soon OHOWaiPHOTOBdwdOnsli One step outside your door in the morning and there is no denying it. Above the smog-ridde- n valley, a blue sky is discernible and the sun is rising big and bright over the freshly powdered peaks m the East. It is painful, but you accept it. You'll have to miss another day of classes for slope therapy. Shown here: snowboard carving king "Georgie" Johnston ripping it up during a.therapy session at Brighton. Health-car- e crisis endangers more children than in past, official says in Man ley speaks celebration of King Week Dave Fields Chronicle Staff Writer Millions of children all over the world are in jeopardy due to the current health-car- e crisis, a U.S. health official said. A speech about the welfare of children in the United States and the world, titled, "Children in Crises: Who will Save Them?" by Admiral Audrey Manley, M.D. U.S. deputy assistant secretary for health, began the University of Utah's Martin Luther King Jr. celebration. "We desperately need equal health-car- e opportunities, . especially for our children," Manley said. "America is waking up and we're realizing our future is in peril." A few of the many problems which plague children are disease, hunger and illiteracy, she said. veteran of U.S. public health care, Manley, a emphasized the need for children of the world to receive immunization that is available, and at a very low cost. She said she was able to overcome many barriers to civil rights as the first woman and first minority to hold the position of deputy assistant secretary for health. "This is a symbolic achievement for women and minorities 16-ye- ar be in place on the University of Utah campus, but more funding is needed for complete coverage. Josh Corday, member of the Student Affairs Committee, said the Inside Clashes and Conflicts During a recent journey to Old Jerusalem, Chronicle photographer Scott "';! v. v. TOW Sine captured moving scenes with his camera. His work shows a city that is walled and divided by conflict. His photo essay begins on page 8. Swimmin' Upstream about the everywhere." "This is proof that barriers are coming down and Dr. King's dream is still alive," she added. kings, presidents and representatives, including President Bush made a declaration to protect children throughout the world at the World's Summit on Children, held in New York last year. In conjunction with this summit and a national effort to provide bettej health care for children, the U.S. Department of Health has created a program, "Healthy see "Manley on page four from Campus Planning. "This thing has been going on for two years," he said. "I'm actively working it now." He added that he will be meeting with U. police officials to finalize the first eight see "phones" on page four Read Lady Utes swim team on page 15. They will be jumping into the U. Seventy-on- e Natatorium with the most I. r t tn unlikely aquatic creatures, the Lady Cougars of Brigham Young University. Can cats mi immmtmmmmma swim? Non-Prof- it Org. 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