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...able to rid itself of the iron added by repeated blood donations, it accumulates to such an extent that by the age of 20 the heart, liver and other organs can be threatened. Looking for a way to remove the excess iron, the Rockefeller scientists turned to bacteria and fungi. In the course of billions of years, these tiny organisms have evolved complex molecules that gather up iron essential for their survival. The researchers developed similar compounds-chelating agents (from the Greek word for claw)- of their own. Injectable chemicals of this kind have been available for some time...
Avalanche of Protest. The cathedral's sacramental gloom, however, comes in part from a buildup of dirt, pollutants, fungi and algae on the windows over years of exposure. At the end of 1976, the French government's Department of Historic Monuments finished a three-year restoration program on three of Chartres's most famous 12th century windows, all on the west wall above the main entrance of the cathedral: The Tree of Jesse, The Childhood of Christ and The Passion. The windows were taken down, disassembled piece by piece and sent to a government laboratory outside Paris...
Besides, despite the fact that Norton G. Miller, associate professor of Biology, seemed like a real nice guy and even brought in a whole bunch of mosses for the class to look at, I think I may check out Bio 140--"Algae"--or 143--"Fungi" instead. Or maybe I'll hold off altogether until next semester and take Bio 129--"Properties of Excitable Membranes...
...negative. CDC tests found no indication of either plague or typhoid fever. So the search went on into more exotic terrain. Tests also ruled out tularemia (rabbit fever), a deadly tropical disease known as Lassa fever, and Marburg disease, a viral disease from Africa. Further screening seemed to dismiss fungi as a suspect; no fungus is known to produce the fatally fulminating pneumonia typical of Legion disease...