Word: blood
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...vaccine is the second developed for hepatitis B. But the other one, introduced in 1982 and also marketed by Merck, is somewhat less desirable because it must be made from the blood of infected individuals. Though there have been no reported cases of infection stemming from Merck's blood-based vaccine, the possibility that diseases such as AIDS and hepatitis B could be transmitted in blood products always exists. Recombivax HB eliminates that possibility, however slight...
...Planning Committee has discussed possible alternative uses of Memorial Hall with faculty and student groups who currently use it, including the Chamber Music Orchestra and the Blood Drive, said Zeckhauser...
...unknown planet, Aliens takes up with Weaver, who has been asleep with her cat in a space capsule for 57 years. Fascinated by her description of the creatures, which gestate inside humans and have acid for blood, several scientists launch a quest to catch some aliens for evaluation...
...panel members emphasized that the risk of contracting an AIDS infection from donor blood is quite remote. "You have a greater chance of dying from the anesthesia," noted Dr. Richard Aster of the Blood Center of Southeastern Wisconsin. Stanford University Statistician Lincoln Moses estimated that about 120 AIDS-infected samples slip into the blood supply each year, out of a total of 12 million units donated. Since each pint donated can be split among two or three recipients, as many as 360 people could receive AIDS-infected blood each year, though how many will develop the disease is unknown...
Given the limits of the test, the panel urged further steps to discourage the donation of blood by those at risk for AIDS. The group also recommended that blood banks notify donors whose blood tests yield ambiguous results. Says Chalmers: "They should be told that they probably don't have the AIDS virus, but to be safe, they'd better not donate blood." At present, only those whose AIDS test is clearly positive are notified. Most important, the panel called for continued efforts to develop more precise blood-screening tests. Such tests, says NIH Administrator Luiz Barbosa, are already...