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...killer, or LAK, cells. Injected back into the bloodstream along with repeated doses of interleukin-2, they attack any foreign cells (including malignant ones) with great vigor. The technique has caused tumors to shrink significantly in a number of advanced melanoma patients and has apparently even effected an occasional cure...
...West, no matter how generously dispensed, could not transform the huge and irrational Soviet economy into a productive enterprise. Moscow is $2 billion behind in its payments to foreign suppliers right now, and is running a budget deficit of more than $100 billion. Transfusions will not provide a cure...
Whatever its potential, HGH-replacement therapy is not a cure-all for aging. For one thing, cells of the brain, eyes, ears and elastic tissues such as ligaments and tendons are not responsive to HGH. "The ((Wisconsin)) study does demonstrate clear-cut effects of growth hormone," says Dr. Mary Lee Vance, a University of Virginia endocrinologist who wrote an editorial accompanying the report, "but to say it reverses the effects of aging is an overstatement. It's just one part of the equation." Other processes that may influence aging include cumulative tissue damage caused by destructive particles called free radicals...
Added amounts of growth hormone can smooth skin, build muscles and trim fat, making elderly men's bodies look 20 years younger. But the treatment is not a cure-all for aging...
...many public health experts fear the focus on present suffering may be diverting too much attention from the task of protecting those who could become victims. Billions of dollars have been poured into research aimed at finding a cure, but relatively little has gone into programs designed to stop the disease from spreading. The National Research Council, in a report released last week called AIDS: The Second Decade, declared that prevention efforts fall "far short of the magnitude of intervention needed...