(CNN)Wendy Williams is not the woman she used to be -- and she's not going back. The talk show host has shed 50 lbs and recently told E! that she's keeping the weight off. I did it on my own and I love it because I no longer have to do that fight with clothing, Williams said.
Hox gene. n. Any of a group of homeobox genes that exist as clusters in animals, especially in vertebrates, and determine the identity and locations of body parts along the anterior-posterior body axis in a developing fetus or larva. [From h(omeob)ox .].
The role of Hox genes in development. American Scientist has a nice review of Christiane NÃ¼sslein-Volhardâs new book, Coming to Life: How Genes Drive Development. NÃ¼sslein-Volhard won the 1995 Nobel Prize for Medicine for her work on the genetic control of development in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster.