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hi all At 08:59 1999/07/10 -0500, charlie wrote, in part: >I think in standard medical-scientific usage "MEDIATES" does not >mean "reduces". It means to be in the middle position or to be >a "medium" for bringing about a result... rats! if i edit out the multi-syllabic names for simplicity, where "A" is substituted for "a caspase 3 inhibitor, acetyl-L-aspartyl-L-glutamyl-L-valyl-L-aspartic aldehyde" and "B" is substituted for "an endogenous neurotoxin, N-methyl(R)salsolinol" the study's conclusion statement reads: >These results demonstrate >that "A" mediates apoptosis induced by "B", >which may cause apoptotic cell death of dopamine neurons >in Parkinson's disease. what does "mediates" mean in this context? is the wording obtuse or am i? janet janet paterson 52 now / 41 dx / 37 onset snail-mail: PO Box 171 Almonte Ontario K0A 1A0 Canada website: a new voice <http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Village/6263/> e-mail: <[log in to unmask]>