Word: ammann
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...abortion laws has centered on the woman and the unborn child. A byproduct of legal abortions, however, can affect the vital interests of a third party: a desperately ill youngster who can be helped by a transplant from an aborted fetus. Such operations are still rare. But Dr. Arthur Ammann of the University of California's San Francisco Medical Center has performed two gland transplants that may encourage increasing use of fetal tissue...
Vital Gland. Last summer, Maggie was referred to Ammann, a specialist in pediatric immunology. When she failed to respond to injections of a white blood cell extract as a means of arousing immunity, Ammann realized that the problem was in her thymus gland-a butterfly-shaped bit of tissue that lies just behind the breastbone. The gland has a key role in the development of the body's immune responses.Tn one previous case, Ammann knew-implantation of a thymus from a miscarried fetus stimulated this process in a child born without the gland...
...most impressive duo playing of the evening was in the Benno Ammann Repons du Matin: Two Pieces for Trumpet and Organ. Composed in 1969 for Tarr and Kent, the demands on the trumpet player are extraordinary. With amazing precision, Tarr coped with various jazz-like fragments, brutally syncopated rhythms, and the closest of harmonies. Even when using a mute, he did not lose subtle shadings of tone...