Word: leukemias
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inspiration for EWC. Petkevich, then a junior at Harvard, met several children being treated for leukemia...
They’d chat about Allen and Dylan (Jenkins’ overweight housecats suffering from feline leukemia), possible home improvements or Cable’s three children...
...percent) and State Sen. Marc Pacheco (14 percent), and because its winner is expected to triumph in the heavily Democratic district’s November general election. The winner of that contest will take over the seat formerly held by beloved Congressman J. Joseph Moakley, Jr., who died of leukemia last spring...
Biologists have also found stem cells in umbilical-cord blood. These cells have proved useful in combatting blood disorders, including leukemia. Some firms even offer to freeze and store this blood in case children later develop a treatable illness. But doctors question such practices and argue that more research is needed...
...least not until Joe Moakley, South Boston's beloved 15-term Congressman, announced last February that he was dying of leukemia. Max had bounced around the country from Los Angeles to Philadelphia, but in the carpetbagging Kennedy tradition, he suddenly bought a five-bedroom colonial in Moakley's blue-collar district. Patrick arranged for his cousin to have an audience with Moakley. Max tapped the Kennedy union connections, fund-raising network and advisers. Almost overnight, he became the presumed front runner in a potential field that included at least half a dozen seasoned pols...