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...promise was this: by cutting off the blood supply of a tumor, you can kill it before it spreads. This is called antiangiogenesis (the prevention of new blood-vessel growth). The concept, first championed by Dr. Judah Folkman of Children's Hospital in Boston, launched thousands of research studies. But the concept of antiangiogenesis hasn't gone well lately. Major pharmaceutical firms have stopped work on their favorite antiangiogenesis candidates, and not one of the 50 other compounds under study has yet been approved by the FDA--despite three decades of research and an investment of some $4 billion...
Pity poor Jabez. For some 2,500 years, he languished in one of those endless biblical genealogies, as the 35th "son of Judah" enumerated in the Book of Chronicles, just after the listings for his relatives Anub and Zobebah. Upon reaching him, the biblical author breaks stride, but only for a moment, to acknowledge that he was regarded as "more honorable than his brothers" and that he had a favorite prayer, which the Bible reprints. Then it was on to Chelub and Shuhah...
...promising anti-cancer drug developed by Dr. M. Judah Folkman, a Harvard Medical School professor, has passed safety testing and will go into human trials at the Mayo Clinic...
Behind the ring, a banner bears his name, and when he enters Gleason's Gym--a slight figure in baggy jeans and red leather jacket--the fighters pounding the bags stop to pay their respects. Here, under the Brooklyn Bridge, where so many legends trained, Zab Judah reigns as a local hero. Since turning pro at 18, he is 25-0. In his last bout, on the Mike Tyson undercard in October, he devastated his opponent with rapid-fire reflexes and a withering overhand left. He fights next in January; and before he gets too heavy for his weight class...
...blood," says Judah, 23, who grew up where Tyson learned to brawl, in Brownsville. Zab's dad Yoel--a world-champion kickboxer--raised him and his six brothers alone, losing none to prison or drugs, infusing all with a deep sense of his Israelite religion (a form of Judaism) and teaching them to box. Zab, with his speed and power, proved best, racking up an amateur record of 110-5. "My father is my idol," Zab says, meaning that while he now drives a Mercedes and wears diamond studs, he still does the dishes at Dad's house...