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...exploring the nature of the disease. The type of immunosuppression found in AIDS patients appears to be unique, affecting white blood cells called T lymphocytes (T for thymus, which plays a role in their development). Certain of these cells help defend the body against viruses, foreign tissue (like organ transplants) and the growth of cancer cells. There are several types, including helper T cells, which promote the production of antibodies against foreign invaders, and suppressor T cells, which reduce antibody output. Healthy individuals have twice as many helpers as suppressors. In AIDS victims, the ratio is reversed; helper cells...
...transplant may become the more nearly routine operation doctors once envisioned. Developed by the Swiss firm Sandoz Ltd., cyclosporine is a natural fungal compound that somehow blocks the production of those white cells that cause rejection but not those that fight infection. Says Dr. Barry Kahan, head of the organ-transplant division of the University of Texas Medical School at Houston and a colleague of Cooley's: "This is the secret ingredient, the thing that unlocks the door to transplants...
...month-old boy. They charged the parents-Carla Verne Stuckle, 43, a longtime worker for conservative Republican causes and one "John Schmitz," who "lives out of the home"-with neglecting or deliberately abusing the child. Human hair had been wrapped so tightly around his penis that the organ was nearly severed. During a conversation with Judge William Murray, in an effort to have the child returned to Stuckle, Schmitz confessed that he was the boy's father. Stuckle claims that Schmitz is also the father of her three-week-old daughter. The scandal will have little impact on Schmitz...
...back of the truck caught against the boy's blue jeans, and rip! Underwear and all. The 18-month-old tragedy made headlines because of a miraculous epilogue. In May, a team of doctors cut off chunks of Claudio's stomach calf and foot and successfully constructed a new organ complete with erotic sensibility. Articles on Claudio pointed out what immense hope this medical miracle had given to thousands of men similarly wounded or defected...
...Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., the nation's largest privately operated group medical complex, offer the startling calculation that, nationwide, it costs as much as $9 million to add a year of life to the seriously ill patient through such ultramodern technologies as kidney dialysis and organ transplants...