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...government also issued patents last week to GenPharm International for mice that lack crucial immune system cells and to Ohio Uni- versity for mice whose cells continuouslyproduce human beta-interferon...
...fall into a trance. As Dr. Dean watches his computer screen, the levels of carbon dioxide and other wastes in their blood begin to drop. Blood pressure falls. Among the more advanced students, a surge of naturally induced biochemical relaxants sweeps through the blood vessels and permeates the body. Interferon levels begin to soar. Neurotransmitters in the brain return to normal. This is the effect that Dean and hundreds of other physicians before him have worked so hard to achieve. By harnessing the powers of the mind, the body is healing itself...
...Zionist underground movement in Europe during World War II, Mathilde Krim has not flinched at taking bold action. Over the past decade the New York City-based virologist has concentrated on fighting AIDS. Although her involvement began in the lab, - where she studied the effectiveness of the protein interferon in treating an AIDS-related cancer, these days Krim, 64, works mostly in the public arena as a fund raiser and lobbyist. Her mission: to replace ignorance with knowledge and compassion. As the wife of movie mogul Arthur Krim, she has also enlisted the likes of Elizabeth Taylor and Barbra Streisand...
Patients received injections of interferon, a natural infection-fighting protein that can be artificially produced by genetically altered bacteria. One drawback: most of the patients who improved suffered a relapse when the injections ended. Doctors think the problem may be resolved by giving interferon for longer periods or in higher doses. Says Dr. Saul Krugman of New York University medical school: "There's no question that it is very promising...
...people who contract hepatitis C never show symptoms. But like Typhoid Mary, they become silent carriers of the disease. About half those infected eventually suffer liver damage. Some 15,000 patients a year develop cirrhosis, and a small number may get cancer. That toll may be cut by interferon. But doctors warn that the mystery of non-A, non-B hepatitis may not be completely resolved. Type C virus could account for most of these cases, but there is evidence that yet another blood-borne virus will extend the hepatitis alphabet still further...