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James A. Joseph
Tufts University
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging
7111 Washington Street, Room 919
Boston, MA 02111

William A. Pryor
Louisiana State University
Biodynamics Institute
711 Choppin Hall
Baton Rouge, LA 70803

Molly Wagster
National Institutes of Health
National Institute on Aging
Neuroscience and Neuropsychology Program
7201 Wisconsin Avenue
Room 3C307
Bethesda, MD 20892

From Science News, Vol. 156, No. 12, September 18, 1999, p. 180. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.