Word: marrow
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Feinberg of West Orange, N.J., is looking for a bone marrow donor to save life. Today, Harvard students have the chance to help...
...Some persons have an unstable bone marrow as shown by marked fluctuations in white cell counts when subjected to only minor exposure to radiation," the study concludes. "Such persons should not work where they are exposed to radiation...
...altered blood cells died out after several months, and the patients had to return to the hospital periodically to repeat the procedure. To achieve a full cure, gene therapists would have to get to the source of the problem: the long-lasting stem cells that reside in bone marrow * and produce all the white blood cells that circulate in the bloodstream...
...that's precisely what Blaese did -- only a week before the triumphant press conference last May. Going back to one of the original Ohio girls, he inserted healthy ADA genes into stem cells he had coaxed out of her bone marrow. He then inserted the altered cells into the bloodstream, hoping they would find their way back to the marrow. The same experiment has since been repeated several times on infants, whose stem cells are even more abundant and easier to reach. The children seem to be thriving, but no results have been published...
...California jury has determined that Health Net, the state's second largest HMO, must pay $89.1 million in compensatory and punitive damages to the family of a now deceased cancer patient denied coverage for a bone-marrow transplant, a procedure that the HMO considers experimental. The company will appeal...