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...rejection. While new immunosuppressant drugs are improving the success rate of all kinds of organ transplants--from hearts and lungs to kidneys--a body part composed of as many different tissues as the hand poses special immunological challenges. A similar transplant was attempted in Ecuador in 1964, but the donor hand was rejected within two weeks...
Even so, it may take months to find a suitable patient (18 to 65 years old) and donor. For the recipient the benefits must clearly outweigh the heavy risks; he or she must be willing to accept the likelihood of limited function and feeling in the new limb, a lifetime of medication, the ever present threat of infection and, finally, what San Francisco neurologist and hand therapist Dr. Frank R. Wilson calls the heavy psychological burden of being reminded daily that "an important part of your anatomy is not your own." It won't be an easy decision for patient...
...Famine Early Warning System predicting that Sudan's bad harvest would cause shortages and lead to intensified fighting over supplies, but the organization did not predict a full-scale famine. When the U.N.'s World Food Program, a major partner in Operation Lifeline, was preparing in December to ask donor countries for 30,000 tons of food for Sudan, its own estimates showed at least 35,000 tons would be needed. (Today the program says Sudan will need 15,000 tons a month.) But because of "donor fatigue" and the immense delivery problems, the program scaled back its request. Says...
Typically, when large contributions are made the Development Office responds by seeking the donor's consent and then publicizing the donation, Sorenson says. But, she adds, "this is not something we've focused on to date" with gifts from Asia...
...grant from Asia for a lecture series was returned when the source of the funds objected to a particular speaker on political grounds. While he refuses to divulge the gift's country of origin, Vogel stresses that Harvard chose to return the money rather than capitulate to its donor...