Word: cline
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...first account, Philip Bruce Cline, 23, a busboy at the Las Vegas Hilton Hotel, was a hero. He was working his way down from the 29th floor in the east wing of the 2,783-room hotel, the nation's largest, picking up room service food trays from hallways. When he reached the eighth floor, he saw flames "flickering on the wall" in the elevator lobby. He tried to fight the blaze, then ran down the hall banging on doors to alert guests. But the fire raged out of control for more than an hour, killing eight people...
...request that Cline step down as administrator is not related to any charges of wrongdoing," Allen Barber, vice chancellor for research information, said yesterday, adding, "We just want time to look into...
Barber said he is preparing a report based on information from sources at the hospitals in Italy and Israel where Cline performed his operations...
...Cline is the first known scientist to perform genetic engineering techniques on humans. He treated two women this summer in Italy and Israel for a rare blood disease called betathalessmia by introducing healthy genes into the patients' blood...
...Cline performed both operations in July while awaiting approval to perform the same technique at UCLA. The university's health officials have since denied approval...