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...have been in existence for some time seem to be unaffected. Furthermore, the scientists found that the blocking agents they had created were so powerful that only a single injection was needed to produce unexpectedly dramatic results. "We're a ways from treating human beings," cautions David Cheresh, an immunologist who led the Scripps research team. "But if this theoretical approach is successful, it should have a major impact in the treatment of cancer...
Encouraged by laboratory results suggesting that the drug could suppress the AIDS virus (HIV) in cells grown outside the body, a team of scientists led by immunologist Gilla Kaplan gave thalidomide to a dozen patients in New York City and Thailand. After four to six weeks of therapy, some of them had gained between 10 and 30 lbs. and their fevers had disappeared...
Aware of the risk, both mothers chose to have amniocentesis after becoming pregnant again last fall. The test results showed that neither fetus was producing ADA and that the babies would have SCID. It was then that Dr. Diane Wara, the pediatric immunologist who had treated the Rigginses' other child, suggested the stem-cell trial. Lori Riggins was easily convinced. "You only get a once-in-a-lifetime chance to get large amounts of stem cells," she says. "That's at birth, and we didn't want to pass up that chance...
Jacobs is already spending his weeks at the NIH campus. With a staff that includes a pharmacist, an immunologist and a psychologist, he is crafting standards for the 10 two-year research projects the office plans to fund at $100,000 each. Jacobs expects to steer clear of alternative therapies already being studied by other NIH departments, including the use of transcendental meditation for cardiovascular disease and acupuncture for substance abuse. "We may look at touch therapy, which is said to make patients better quicker," he says. "Or homeopathy, to relieve allergies, bronchitis or insomnia." He is also intrigued...
Excess UV radiation may also affect the body's general ability to fight off disease. Says immunologist Margaret Kripke of the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston: "We already know that ultraviolet light can impair immunity to infectious diseases in animals. We know that there are immunological effects in humans, though we don't yet know their significance...