Word: myeloma
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...tumors by blocking their blood supply. "The idea was met with skepticism and ridicule back then, but he doggedly persisted in proving his ideas," says Li. "He lived long enough to see his idea transformed into new treatments for colon cancer, lung cancer, kidney cancer, liver cancer and multiple myeloma...
...plan for tackling the disease. By 1983 he had successfully lobbied for a dedicated hospital ward for AIDS patients. He also helped develop the "San Francisco model" of treatment, which emphasized infection control and research financing, becoming a blueprint for clinics nationwide. He was 68 and had multiple myeloma...
...Boyle, 71, actor who created some of show biz's most memorable eccentrics, both comedic and brutal, in films including Taxi Driver (a philosophical cabbie) and The Candidate (a shrewd campaign manager) and on the TV hit Everybody Loves Raymond (the title character's hilariously insensitive dad); of multiple myeloma and heart disease; in New York City. He chose acting after an unhappy stint as a monk and won seven Emmy nominations as Frank Barone on Raymond. His signature was finding vulnerability or humor in flawed characters, as in a masterly scene from the 1974 film Young Frankenstein...
...would be bunking with J. Carter Brown ’56, a descendant of the initial donors to Brown University and later the director of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.Although Brown died in June of 2002 of pulmonary failure after an extended battle with multiple myeloma, he left a lasting legacy in the art world by supporting the creation of the Vietnam, Korean, and World War II memorials, and by raising the prominence of the National Gallery of Art.Born in 1934, Brown lived in Providence and later Newport, R.I. with his family, which had been influential even...
...DIED. Louis Rukeyser, 73, trailblazing stock market broadcaster whose lively analysis and open disdain for professional investors made Wall Street Week, the low-tech TV program he hosted for 32 years, one of U.S. public television's best-rated shows; of multiple myeloma, a rare bone cancer; in Greenwich, Connecticut. With his tailored suits and wry delivery, Rukeyser became an unlikely celebrity from the world of economics, and PEOPLE magazine called him "the dismal science's only sex symbol." He later hosted a CNBC program until failing health forced him to retire...