Word: donor
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...should they create a new life to rescue an endangered son or daughter? A Los Angeles couple, Abe and Mary Ayala, has taken just such an unusual step. In April, Mary will give birth to a baby girl who was purposely conceived to serve as a bone-marrow donor for her ailing older sister. Anissa, 17, was found to have a virulent form of leukemia nearly two years ago, and her only hope is a transplant of compatible bone marrow that could allow her to produce healthy white blood cells. Tests indicate that the baby has compatible tissue. With marrow...
...joyous as their news is so far, the Ayalas' actions raise some unsettling ethical questions. Chief among them: Is it right to conceive children expressly so that they can be donors? It is a dilemma that faces increasing numbers of parents today as researchers make possible more transplants of organs from living people. For the Ayalas, the drastic measure was a last resort. Neither Abe nor Mary has marrow that matches Anissa's. (Reason: her marrow has a mixture of genetic characteristics from both parents.) Nor does brother Airon, 19, have marrow that is compatible with his sister...
Famine in Africa may seem like yesterday's news. This time, however, the prospect of mass starvation is not just the caprice of nature but is largely the work of man. Drought and crop failures have not gone unnoticed. Wealthy donor nations have pledged hundreds of thousands of tons of foodstuffs. Distribution networks exist to allocate the food. Relief convoys stand ready to move it. All that separates millions of malnourished Ethiopians and Sudanese from the food that could save their lives is a handful of stubborn men: President Mengistu Haile Mariam of Ethiopia, Lieut. General Omar Hassan el Bashir...
...Peace Fellowship, given by an anonymous donor in 1983, supports a woman "actively involved in finding peaceful solutions to conflict or potential conflict among groups or nations." This year's peace fellow, Dessima Williams, former Granadian ambassador to the Organization of American States, is working on a project addressing U.S.-Caribbean relations...