Word: birthed
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...early death or a lifetime of illness. Until a few years ago it was assumed that little or nothing could be done about most of these misfortunes. Then, in 1958, the National Foundation-March of Dimes, having conquered polio, turned its attention and resources to the problem of birth defects. Last week in The Hague, at the Foundation's third birth defects conference of the decade, 975 scientists from 35 countries listened to 194 progress reports and some clarion calls for a more massive offensive...
Broad Categories. As honorary president of The Hague meeting, March of Dimes' President Basil O'Connor acclaimed "the beginnings of achievement in a worldwide, concerted effort of science-the first in history-to improve the quality of human life at birth." But he went on to warn: "This means that you must also be prepared to protect the human heritage from a possible proliferation of defective genes. It is humane to save the lives of sick children. It is neither humane nor morally defensible to permit the cause of their illness to be perpetuated if that...
...term congenital malformations covers all three broad categories of defects present at birth...
...present, the international assembly offered more hope for prevention and improved treatment than cure of birth defects. One preventive technique is amniocentesis-inserting a needle through the pregnant woman's abdomen, into the amniotic sac, and withdrawing fluid for analysis of the cells shed by the embryo. For the apparently normal woman this would never be recommended. But it is a boon for the woman with a history of pregnancy mishaps, or one whose family is known to harbor inheritable defects. At Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago, Dr. Henry L. Nadler reported, his department has "managed...
While the failure of minorities to get any representation on the board has led the directors to establish an investigation of the current election procedure set forth in the by-laws, the issues and questions raised by the alternate slate have given birth to a second study under the Community and Operations Committee (COC), headed by Cornelius W. May, a third-year law student...