Word: marrow
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...even conceivable that a human with a failing liver could have a new one grown from, say, a cell taken out of his bone marrow. "This is fantasy now," admits Alan Colman, research director of PPL Therapeutics, the Scottish biotechnology firm that holds the license for the process that created Dolly. "But two years ago, so was the work that is now being presented in Nature...
...year-old son Matthew developed a rare and aggressive cancer, doctors gave him a 20% chance to live and started an 11-month course of chemotherapy. Cerniglia's HMO paid the bills at first. But when things took a turn for the worse and doctors ordered a bone-marrow transplant, the health plan refused to cover it. The new treatment, the administrators said, wasn't a "medical necessity," nor was it on their list of covered therapies. Despite a letter from an expert at the National Institutes of Health testifying that this was Matthew's best chance at life...
...limit in the NCAA Quarterfinals. Yes, Harvard came into the season as the two-time defending Ivy League champions--having only graduated two players--but two-time First Team All-American and Ivy Player of the Year Emily Stauffer was taking the fall semester off after donating bone marrow to her brother, who was suffering from leukemia...
Birk's consistently excellent play translated into team success. He easily handled Penn defensive lineman Mitch Marrow, whom Carolina selected in the third round, in Harvard's 33-0 win. Dartmouth linebacker Zack Walz was the only other Ivy draft pick and went before Birk in the sixth round to Arizona...
...There are thousands of people who need a bond marrow transplant to survive," Harley said. "IT can save someone's life...