Operating money comes from the Texas Society for Biomedical Research in Austin. The brain power comes from many places. Operators have enlisted experts at 170 universities, government agencies, corporations and other organizations. About 150 faculty, staff members and students from the Health Science Center also have pitched in. The questions can be tough and answers may be just down the hall on campus or at a distant place.
Graduate students answer the hot line weekday evenings.
Determine a shark's age by counting the rings that appear on a vertebral segment once it has been treated with calcium phosphate and heated. Each pair of rings equals one year. Unfortunately, experts can only estimate the age of a living shark. N o one likes to get a shot. Inhalants may replace the need for some injections.