Word: leukemias
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...perps are subsidiaries of two giant corporations, carelessly dumping poisonous chemicals into a small town's water supply. The victims are kids, dying of leukemia as a result. The plaintiffs are their distraught, financially hard-pressed parents. Their unlikely champion is a lawyer named Jan Schlichtmann (John Travolta), who risks all and finally loses all that he and his partners have gained through the hot, slick pursuit of ambulances, as this case turns into an obsession...
...doing everything you can to protect your children? What if, God forbid, your daughter developed leukemia and needed a bone-marrow transplant? What if neither you nor your spouse could offer a close enough match to donate marrow? If you'd had the foresight to preserve some critical blood cells found in the umbilical cord and placenta that nourished your other children in the womb, you might be able to save your daughter's life...
...only cases in which it clearly makes sense for you to bank cord blood are if you already have a child with leukemia or lymphoma or there's a family history of a genetic condition like severe combined immunodeficiency (the Bubble Boy disease). Here the chance that you will use the cord blood is much greater, and it's more likely to be used successfully...
...award will take on added significance for Stauffer since Jan. 10 will mark the one-year anniversary of the death of her brother Matt from leukemia. Stauffer twice donated bone marrow to Matt and took the 1997 fall semester off to spend time with...
When he died some weeks ago, of leukemia at age 77, I didn't say much either--just bowed my head. I went over to see his wife Jane, and again said little. I asked John's daughter Frances if I might have a picture of him, so that I could recall his tight, sweet-tempered face. She gave me the choice of the dashing John as a fighter pilot in World War II, the one with the goggles dangling from his neck, or the older John I knew, who sold real estate. I took the more recent shot...