Word: cancerous
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Leder was at the center of a national controversy this spring after Harvard received the exclusive marketing rights for the genetically-altered strain of mice he created to do cancer research. It was the world's first animal patent...
Ravaged by cancer, reviled by many of his countrymen, Jose Napoleon Duarte ! refuses to give up. Since returning last month from the U.S., where doctors confirmed he is suffering from inoperable stomach cancer, the Salvadoran President has ignored physicians' orders to limit his work load to three hours a day; he routinely puts in seven or more. Last week he addressed the National Assembly, met with church and business leaders, and conferred with visiting Costa Rican President Oscar Arias Sanchez. This week Duarte will return to Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington to undergo chemotherapy, but he wants...
...influences long-term health prospects. The Surgeon General's Report urges the public to cut back on saturated fats and cholesterol, mainly from meat and dairy products, and concentrate on fish, skinned poultry, fruits, vegetables and whole grain products. Fat, which increases the risk for obesity, heart disease and cancer, now accounts for 37% of the calories in the American diet, well above the 30% recommended by many health experts...
...ground and complained that it did not address the need for nutrition education programs or tough regulations governing food labeling. Still, the document was welcomed as reinforcement for a host of warnings and advisories issued earlier by federal agencies, including the Department of Agriculture and the National Cancer Institute, and such organizations as the American Heart Association and the American Cancer Society...
...proposed legislation could significantly affect a patent granted to Andrus Professor of Genetics Philip Leder '56, who was at the center of a national controversy this spring after Harvard received the exclusive marketing rights for the genetically-altered strain of mice he created to do cancer research. It was the first animal patent...