Top of pageResultsCharacterization of deprivation (neglect)induced deathIf growth medium is replaced by buffered saline, HeLa cells in culture undergo apoptosis within 6 (neglectinduced death). Apoptotic nuclear damage was determined using Hoechst 33 to reveal changes in morphology and the TUNEL assay to detect doublestranded breaks in cells (Figure 1a). The TUNEL assay gave comparable results to that obtained with Hoechst 33 (Figure 1b), and in all subsequent analysis, the assessment of nuclear morphology using Hoechst has been presented as the readout of damage.This state of affairs may be to some degree a result of the influence of television on sports. TV did not create the Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders, but its unblinking eye drove the number of applicants for the 37 spots up from 250 in 1976 to 1,053 this year, and it is responsible for the recent demise of the Dolphin Dolls, a precision dance team of conservatively dressed teenage girls. The Dolls had been with the Miami franch