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THUMBS UP Wouldn't it be great if you could grow your own body parts? Well, an experiment begun three years ago to do just that has proved a resounding success. After a Massachusetts machinist lost part of his thumb in an industrial accident, bone cells were taken from his...
"That was the lowest point of my life. I often ask myself in the middle of the night why I have had such a hard life," he says. Lately he has been thinking about the days just after the accident, when he sat with his wife in the intensive care...
In this crucible of familial tragedy and personal suffering, he grew a little, acquired dimensions and depth he had been lacking. It brought out the best in Chen. And it illuminated him as to the complexities and nuances of life's journey. His own course, despite electoral setbacks and political...
But, of course, that's not possible, he says, shrugging, standing and then walking through the sliding door into his living room. He shows the elevator he had installed for his wife. And then he marvels over a gigantic pumpkin that was a gift from the farmers of Hwalian county...
Chronic myeloid leukemia is one of those rare cancers that occur as the result of a single genetic accident--in this case, a mutation that causes blood cells to multiply uncontrollably. Gleevec works by blocking the chemical signal responsible for that wayward growth.