Word: marrow
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...right arm that turned out to be a symptom of Hodgkin's disease, a cancer of the lymphatic system. Treatment cured him and he was briefly healthy again, but early last year he was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (all), a cancer of the blood and bone marrow that kills more than half of its adolescent and young adult victims...
Late Sunday night—or, rather, early Monday morning—Gadfly was interrupted from her Irish lit reading by a high screeching sound. At first Gadfly thought she was being followed by the legendary banshee, as it sent a chill through her very marrow. Rushing downstairs to investigate, she realized it was merely the initiation rituals of the Sabliere society, an all-female social group started by several Crimson editors, among others, during the great “female social club” wave of the early millennium. Unfortunately, said society must bear the albatross of the greatest...
...It’s a very aggressive disease because the tumor cells replace normal cells on the bone marrow,” said Aster. “Kids have low blood counts, anemia, not enough white blood cells and sometimes also tumor masses...
...umbilical cord cells, and using proteins which we know are antagonistic, we block their growth at a point where the cells can be used for other purposes.” Ali said that eventually, these cells could be used to help leukemia patients, who are otherwise dependent on bone-marrow transplants...
...research is a controversial field right now, and I think that’s why I’ve gotten so much attention,” said Ali. “Using the umbilical cord cells fixes the lack of donors and graft recipient problems often associated with bone marrow transplants. This is really the Holy Grail of stem cell research, and could help overcome some of the field’s biggest roadblocks...