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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...
...Harvard-Radcliffe Hillel and the Red Cross will be running a blood drive from 3 to 8 p.m. today in an attempt to find a bone marrow match for Feinberg or any of the more than 9,000 people waiting for a life-saving donation...
Once potential donors are tested data on their bone marrow is permanently stored on the register and checked against all possible recipients...
...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...
...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...