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...people facing terminal cancer, word of a possible new treatment is a beacon of hope. Few scientists have scattered more rays than Dr. Steven Rosenberg, who has conducted a series of tantalizing though as yet inconclusive experiments at the National Cancer Institute. Rosenberg, a surgeon by training, has repeatedly tried to find new ways to rally the immune systems of cancer patients to combat their own disease. Last week he revealed his most radical effort to date: vaccinating injected patients with their own genetically altered tumor cells in what Rosenberg calls an attempt "to immunize the patient against...
...Beacon St. in Brookline. Call 277-0982. Thursday: Young Neil and the Vipers. Friday: The 11th Hour Band and T. Blade and the Fabulous Esquires. Saturday: Shy Fire. Sunday: Songwriter's Showcase, a benefit for the Children's AIDS Program. Monday: the Hypnotic Clambake. Tuesday: Ce Ce and It Never Rains and Bachelors of Art. Wednesday: One Thin Dime...
...into the Caribbean night. The lighthouse comes equipped with its own power generators, which was a prudent idea on someone's part. The Dominican Republic's electricity system has virtually collapsed for lack of funding. Like the rest of the country, the neighborhoods surrounding this soaring beacon are routinely blacked out 20 hours...
Couched in a halo of nutrient cells, an egg smaller than the dot on an i drifts slowly down a Fallopian tube, one of a pair of narrow passages that lead from a woman's ovaries to her womb. Like a beacon guiding ships at night, the egg sends forth a calling signal. A convoy of sperm -- the remnants of an armada that was once a couple of hundred million strong -- sails into view, their long tails thrashing vigorously. Lured by the chemical signal, several hundred of the most energetic swimmers close in on the egg, their narrow tips unleashing...
...First openly gay person elected to a state legislature. Noble represented Beacon Hill and Back Bay from...