Word: laminar
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Teddy's living quarters-one of eight "laminar air flow rooms" set up by the NCI for infection-prone patients -is kept free of potentially harmful viruses and bacteria by a system that forces clean air into the room through filters and out through an open doorway; germs cannot make their way past the outward-flowing air. Only people dressed in specially designed sterile outfits are allowed into the room...