Even boys' names-which have always been scarcer than girls'-have been proliferating wildly.

All previously discovered cancer genes act by removing normal brakes on cell division, thus allowing cells to proliferate wildly.

How this new gene operates contrasts sharply with other cancer genes, which remove brakes on cell division, enabling cells to proliferate wildly.

The mystery, which is just beginning to be explored scientifically, has been why the yeast proliferates wildly in some women and not in others.

"These sites are proliferating wildly," said Robert F. Sterling, an analyst at Jupiter Communications.

Instead of looking for ever better ways to kill cancer cells outright, these scientists are seeking to block the genes that make the cells proliferate wildly.

But in these conversations, that sort of distinction rarely comes up: terrorists and fundamentalists proliferate wildly and become interchangeable.

Allowed to become active, the gene made copious copies of a protein that caused cells to proliferate wildly.

When Courts Keep Secrets Court orders blocking the public's knowledge about malpractice and other suits with health implications are proliferating wildly.