Abstract: The present invention relates to the discovery of novel genes encoding RIEG polypeptides. Therapeutics, diagnostics and screening assays based on these molecules are also disclosed.

Abstract: A golf club head for a driver has a slot that extends from the toe portion around the rear portion to the heel portion of the head. The club head is fabricated from a titanium alloy that is compressed to create the slot, which improves club head structural integrity.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the discovery of novel genes encoding RGS polypeptides. Therapeutics, diagnostics and screening assays based on these, molecules are also disclosed.

Abstract: A dip-molded grip for a mid-length golf putter is preferably made of plastisol, has a circular cross-section, and a length of about 19 inches. The grip is made by dipping a mold rod into two types of plastisol and baking the plastisol layers. The result is a grip that fits any individual and provides an ideal surface.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the discovery of novel genes encoding RGS polypeptides. Therapeutics, diagnostics and screening assays based on these molecules are also disclosed.

Abstract: The invention provides nucleic acids encoding Pitx3 polypeptides, fragments thereof and homologs thereof and Pitx3 polypeptides encoded thereby. Pitx3 polypeptides play an important role in development of eye structures, e.g., the lens, and was shown herein to be associated with the formation of cataracts and Anterior Segment Mesenchymal Dysgenesis (ASMD). Thus, the invention provides methods for predicting whether a subject has or is at risk of developing cataracts or other disease associated with an aberrant Pitx3, by determining, e.g., whether the subject has a genetic lesion in a Pitx3 gene, such as a 17 bp insertion, characteristic of cataract development and ASMD or a base pair substitution at codon 13. Methods for treating cataracts or diseases or conditions associated with an aberrant Pitx3, e.g., by administering to the subject a Pitx3 therapeutic, are also disclosed, as well as assays for identifying Pitx3 therapeutics.