Word: lupus
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Natural migration probably cannot restock Yellowstone, which is why the political jostling goes on. Big, burly Dave Mech, widely accepted as the world's leading authority on wolves, says Yellowstone is ideal for Canis lupus. Alston Chase, the cantankerous philosopher who wrote Playing God in Yellowstone, thinks the U.S. has a moral obligation to return wolves to the park. But the wolves' most effective ally may be Renee Askins, 30, of Moose, Wyo., a wildlife ecologist who stumps for an advocacy group she founded called the Wolf Fund...
...radiation may be a cause of melanoma, which can be fatal. Ultraviolet light apparently weakens the immune system; after a severe sunburn, some people suffer outbreaks of oral herpes or other disorders. Excessive exposure aggravates cases of chicken pox and can be especially dangerous, even fatal, to victims of lupus...
Despite the unforgiving conditions of the High Arctic, Mech and Brandenburg discovered that the Ellesmere wolves are secure, unlike their brethren elsewhere. Except for parts of Canada, Alaska and Minnesota, Canis lupus has all but vanished from North America. Wolves have been killed as a result of their exaggerated reputation as plunderers of livestock or just because people hate and fear them...
...system involves its failure to distinguish between self and nonself, resulting in so-called autoimmune diseases, which can be crippling and sometimes fatal. Dozens of disorders that once mystified doctors are now thought to be autoimmune. Among them: Type 1 diabetes, myasthenia gravis, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus. In these and other autoimmune diseases, the immune system mounts a selective and ferocious assault against parts of the body, destroying cells or cell components that it mistakenly identifies as alien...
...Similar antibodies can damage other natal tissues," the neurologist said, adding that children of mothers with lupus have an increased chance of developing congenital heart block. The conclusion that antibodies can also damage brain tissue is "a very small step," Galaburda said...