Word: blood
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...risk of catching AIDS from a transfusion is seven times as great as that admitted by blood banks...
...been a national study of the general prevalence of the virus, no large-scale studies support the Crisis contention. To the contrary. Since 1985 the Department of Defense has tested nearly 4 million military personnel and found a stable .15% rate of infection. About .2% of the 8.8 million blood donors screened each year by the American Red Cross are infected. "AIDS is making some encroachments into the heterosexual community," says Dr. Douglas Dieterich of New York University Medical Center. "But it is grossly exaggerated to claim that it is running rampant...
Seizinger and his team analyzed blood samples from more than 200 people from nine families affected with VHL to find the gene that causes the rare inherited disorder whose victims may get tumors in their central nervous system and kidneys...
Although only Winthrop House residents saw this week's performance of Antonin Artaud's Jet of Blood, the group plans to go to every house to perform a variety of short plays. Next week will feature Mish Mash Bash, and eventually, says Weiner, the group will build up a repertory of plays, switching scripts from room to room...
...common room plays are not professional productions, and no acting or directing experience is required of the performers. Several of the participants in Jet of Blood had never acted before, and Weiner says all that is needed is "just a human quality, the desire to perform." He says several people have already asked to take part in future plays after seeing the group's work...