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Drugs currently being developed to treat Alzheimer’s may also put a common type of childhood leukemia—T-cell acute lymphocytic leukemia—into remission, said Jon C. Aster, an associate professor of pathology at Harvard Medical School (HMS) and the leader of the study...
...think [our therapy] is better because it’s more specific and thus less toxic,” said Aster...
...It’s a very aggressive disease because the tumor cells replace normal cells on the bone marrow,” said Aster. “Kids have low blood counts, anemia, not enough white blood cells and sometimes also tumor masses...
...weeds, and when I read them, I feel as if I have rediscovered a rich, hidden vein of the English language-a parallel universe populated by such vivid protagonists as Carrion Flower and Wild Bleeding Heart, as Vipers Bugloss and Crazyweed, as Hog Peanut, Corn Cockle, Tansy leaf Aster, Showy Orchis, Death Camas, and that damned elusive Scarlet Pimpernel...
...Paul Aster, the novelist who originally planned the campaign, explained to The New York Times last week, "We wanted to make it very broad to touch as many people as possible. I think of this little brochure as a call to contemplation not so much a call to action...