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Another problem is the fact that it costs money to fly to the Carolinas, but I'm sure that some donor would be willing to contribute. If travel costs are really that big of a problem, I could settle for a series with UMass. Or even B.C. Or, if you want to get really crazy, another basketball Beanpot...
...technique could offer hope to those leukemia patients who can't currently receive bone-marrow transplants -- often lifesaving procedures. In a study, doctors improved the odds for a successful transplant by adding a dose of marrow cells called stem cells to the donor's marrow, thus increasing the chances that it will be compatible with the patient...
...Richard Shelby's post-election switch from Democrat to winning-team Republican apparently has a price tag. In response to letters from angry Democratic contributors to his 1992 re-election campaign (he received $2.8 million from individuals), the longtime right-leaning senator promised today to refund contributions if the donor requests it. Phone calls won't do, but letters will. "We don't think it will be much," a confident Shelby predicted. "But even if it is, it will be made up by many others." The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, which gave Shelby $101,156, doesn't want a refund...
...result, of $550 million in assistance pledged for this year, only $50 million has been received. Arafat is also hampered by bitter divisions among his lieutenants. According to two senior Arafat aides in the territories, Farouk Kaddoumi, the foreign minister of the Palestine Liberation Organization, wrote to donor countries from the group's former headquarters in Tunis stating that since their contributions might be misused by the Palestinian authority in Gaza, they should consult him before paying out funds. According to a senior P.L.O. official, Arafat later met with Kaddoumi in Tunis and told him, "I am the head...
...approved the first commercial implantable blood pump to keep patients alive while they await heart transplants. Called the HeartMate implantable pneumatic left-ventricular assist system, the ashtray-sized device boosts the heart's main pumping chamber while the natural heart continues to perform other functions. Only 2,000 donor hearts become available each year, while more than 15,000 people may need transplants...