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...Stanford last year a small trial using the dendritic-cell approach cleared two patients of lymphoma and reduced tumor size in two others. Trials elsewhere have produced mixed but still promising results. Researchers have found a way to increase massively the number of dendritic cells ordinarily found in the body, in the hope of amplifying the therapeutic effect. Lyerly and his colleagues achieve their results by infusing patients with their own dendritic cells--after the cells have been encouraged to grow and have been altered in a way that enables them to stimulate a more aggressive immune response...
KING HUSSEIN's announcement that he has lymphoma has Jordanians speculating about the future. Hussein's brother, CROWN PRINCE HASSAN, 51, has been the designated heir for 33 years and would be expected to succeed unchallenged, but naming his successor is likely to spark friction. Hussein would like Hassan to name one of the King's sons crown prince. The two eldest, ABDULLAH and FEISAL, are considered unqualified because their mother is British. The next son, ALI, was the favorite, but he has fallen out of favor because of his playboy life-style. Next come HAMZAH and HASHEM, the sons...
King Hussein's announcement that he has lymphoma has Jordanians speculating about the future. Hussein's brother, Crown Prince Hassan, 51, has been the designated heir for 33 years and would be expected to succeed unchallenged, but naming his successor is likely to spark friction...
...Hassan has his own son, Rashid, 19, who was conspicuously by his father's side in the days after Hussein's lymphoma announcement. Hassan's wife, Princess Sarvath, is said to be very ambitious for her son, as is Queen Noor for Hamzah. One palace insider speculates that despite Hussein's wishes, Hassan will name Rashid regent. His ascension could spark challenges from Hamzah or Ali, especially given that Rashid's Pakistani mother, like Abdullah's, is a non-Arab. "Anyone who assumes that the Hashemite family is united or will remain united about the succession issue is making...
Herceptin, if approved, will join the lymphoma drug Rituxan, also an antibody, as the first of the new gene-based therapies to make it to market. Rituxan, made by IDEC Pharmaceuticals, was approved late last year...