Word: leukemias
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...after her first novel won the 1984 National Book Award; in Pasadena, California. Doerr's Stones for Ibarra was a poignant semi-biographical tale of a couple whose new life in Mexico quickly becomes overshadowed by the husband's dis-covery that he has leukemia...
...latest setback for the field of gene therapy, researchers halted trials of a promising program after a French toddler developed a leukemia-like disease that has never before been seen. the child, who was born with an often fatal genetic condition called severe combined immunodeficiency (commonly referred to as "bubble boy" disease), had apparently been cured twoyears ago when doctors injected him with cells containing the missing normal gene. Butgene therapists suspect the replacement gene may have had an unintended effect: disrupting the normal workings of a different, anticancer gene...
DIED. CLIFF GORMAN, 65, explosive television, screen and stage actor who won a Tony for his bitterly funny portrayal of the stand-up comic Lenny Bruce in Broadway's Lenny (1971); of leukemia; in New York City. He first gained fame for his flamboyantly gay performance in the 1968 play The Boys in the Band...
...media would have little interest in coming here." Said was not in Seville to hear how good West-Eastern Divan has become - "wonderful," in the words of Barenboim, who also describes Said as a fine pianist. From his home in New York, Said explains the reason: "I have leukemia." But he says what he and Barenboim have put together is "one of the most important things I have done in my life. The orchestra is nonpolitical and has no ulterior motive. It doesn't pretend to be building bridges and all that hokey stuff. But there it is, a paradigm...
...seeds toppled like ninepins in the first week, leaving Argentine David Nalbandian to face world No. 1 Hewitt in the final. One match whose outcome is certain is Wimbledon champion Serena Williams' first-round contest against Corina Morariu. Only 16 months ago Morariu was diagnosed with acute promyelocytic leukemia. She returned to competitive tennis in July this year and reached the doubles quarter-final at the Canadian Open. After a year of illness, just being able to play means Morariu is already a winner. FORMULA ONE Another Race, Another Win The great thing about sport is unpredictability. Unless you have...