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...proposed regulations, which are still being discussed by research institutions and the NIH, would affect relatively few institutions in the country. Dr. Ronald D. Hunt, director of the New England Regional Primate Center, said yesterday. "I think there is very little abuse at Harvard, and very little abuse in the United States. "Hunt said...
Including a pair of wins last week lover Clarkson and Cornell that raised the team's record to 18-8-7 (including victories over three NIH, teams), Scott has played 28 games, notching nine goals and 11 assists Mark is a point behind, with two goals and 17 assists...
...National Institute of Health (NIH) deem a liver transplant an "experimental" rather than "therapeutic" operation. Those terms are akin to international classifications of trade status, like "friendly" or "most favored nation"--phrases whose superficial similarities camouflage their varied meanings. In this context, "experimental" offers little favor to children like Brett and Jorie, considered by their doctors especially good candidates for transplants. For neither private insurance companies--which generally quote federal standards to their clients--nor Meidcare or Medicaid will fund such operations...
ACTION TAKEN this past summer by an advisory committee to the NIH offers hope and signals a bureaucratic step in the right direction. The NIH gathered experts from around the world to discuss a possible reclassification of the liver transplant operation. Irv Shapiro, a spokesman for the panel, says that "after extensive review, we concluded that liver transplantation in therapeutic for certain liver diseases." The panel deemed untherapeutic transplants for those with alcohol or drug related liver diseases; those patients make poor candidates for transplants, the panel determined. But for children like Jorie and Brett, the panel concluded that...
Unfortunately, however, the NIH panel could offer only a recommendation to the Health Care Financing Agency, an arm of the Department of Health and Human Services. A department spokesman expects a final decision in a month or two. Perhaps during a future radio broadcast, Reagan could go one step further and announce his support for a decision that eventually may help Jorie and Brett. But more pressure is needed to convince that body to move in the right direction...