Word: marrows
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Prince's visit will also honorDana-Farber's joint-venture research project withtwo British-based institutes for childhood blooddiseases. The Harvard-affiliated cancer researchcenter also uses the Imperial Cancer ResearchFoundation, located in Great Britain, to cleansebone marrow of tumor cells...
...harmful. Eager for any hopeful note, some reporters at the conference seized upon and overplayed a report by Dr. Anthony Fauci of the National Institutes of Health. Fauci revealed that one of his AIDS patients had regained his health and returned to work after treatment that included a bone-marrow transplant from his identical twin. Whether the patient has been permanently cured remains in doubt, and two other victims who received the same therapy have not improved. Fauci himself pointedly refrained from characterizing the procedure as a success, saying, "This is not a breakthrough, (just) a small but important building...
While the pop performers entertained the crowd of some 25,000, the condition of many radiation victims worsened. Dr. Robert Gale, the UCLA bone-marrow specialist who has been assisting Soviet doctors in Moscow, reported that the death toll from Chernobyl had reached 23. Twenty-one of the dead were among the 299 fire fighters and plant workers who had been hospitalized after the accident. At Moscow's Hospital No. 6, where most of the gravely ill are undergoing treatment, Chief Radiologist Angelina Guskova told the Soviet news agency Novosti that as many as 80 victims remained in "extreme danger...
...UCLA colleagues and an Israeli specialist, was unaware of some recent diagnostic advances. Said she: "That's what comes of self-reliance. It's a pity. They are excellent specialists and could have been of much more help." Replied Gale, whose group assisted in 13 of the 19 bone-marrow transplants that were administered to the sickest victims: "We have worked together very successfully." However, eleven patients who underwent the risky marrow transplants have reportedly died...
...Robert P. Gale, a U.S. bone marrow specialist helping care for Chernobyl radiation victims in Moscow, arranged to go to Kiev yesterday to check on patients hospitalized there and discuss long-term medical care and case follow-ups. At least 299 people were hospitalized immediately after the accident. Kiev is 80 miles from the disaster site...