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Murray, a 1943 graduate of Harvard Medical School, will share the $695,000 prize with E. Donnell Thomas of the University of Washington in Seattle, who also contributed to the field of organ transplantation with groundbreaking research in bone marrow transplants...
Anderson and Blaese are confident that gene therapy could fit the bill. Ideally they would prefer to insert ADA genes into bone-marrow stem cells, which would continuously manufacture blood cells containing the gene and ensure a steady supply of the enzyme. But researchers have yet to find a way to isolate marrow stem cells effectively. Instead, the NIH researchers opted for T cells, immune-system cells that can survive in the bloodstream for months and even years...
...gave birth to % twins, Jean-Pierre's half brother and half sister, who are more likely than anyone else to be compatible donors. Last June, Bosze went to court to force Curran to have their twins' blood tested and, if there is a match, to let doctors "harvest their marrow...
Last month an Illinois judge ruled that forcing a donation would violate the twins' right to privacy. The risk is relatively small; doctors withdraw the marrow through a needle from the donor's hipbone. But Curran's lawyers argue that there is always the chance of complications. "I do not want to see my children in pain," says Curran. "My priority in this is my children...
...Illinois a father sues to force his three-year-old twins to donate bone marrow to save the life of his other son. If the courts agree, where will they draw the line...