Word: bone
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...fall of 1997, doctors told Alan J. Kuo '85 he had one month to live. The only thing that could save his life was a bone marrow transplant--and finding a marrow match was a challenge...
...Francisco (13-5), which finished two games behind Atlanta in the division, lost Garrison Hearst on the first play of the game. The 1,500-yard rusher broke a bone when his left leg buckled under...
...incredibly difficult, but last fall scientists at the University of Wisconsin managed to isolate stem cells and get them to grow into neural, gut, muscle and bone cells. The process still can't be controlled, and may have unforeseen limitations. But if efforts to understand and master stem-cell development prove successful, doctors will have a therapeutic tool of incredible power...
Anderson concedes that the historic gene therapy practiced on Ashi did not produce a cure, because the T cells made by her bone marrow still lack their own functional ADA gene. "Nevertheless," he insists, "Ashi does provide the proof of principle that if you put a correct gene into enough cells in a patient, you will correct the disease...
...could gainsay Mark McGwire. Nor could we have invented him: he was that close to perfect. He assaulted the most textured record in the most apposite sport--the sport closest to the American bone and yet most in need of a rehabilitation of the spirit. McGwire built steadily toward his moment, through 11 seasons marked by astonishing accomplishment and devastating failure. He remained at once focused on his goal and joyful in its pursuit, during which he embraced his closest rival. He never bragged, never proclaimed that he was the great white hope or the straw that stirred the drink...