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...result is a kind of retrospective psychoanalytic profile of the 16th president. One can almost imagine a somber, supine Lincoln stretched out on a velvety couch, spewing his recollections and desires to Professor Donald, the self-effacing therapist who probes the depths of his patient??s psyche...

Author: By Marie E. Burks, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Book Looks to Lincoln’s Friends | 11/12/2004 | See Source »

Stem cells from IVF, however, have a genetic make-up which is different from the genetic make-up of the patient in need of cell replacement. This creates the problem of immune rejection, whereby the patient??s immune defense attacks the transplanted “foreign” tissue...

Author: By Thorold W. Theunissen, | Title: Demystifying Stem Cell Research | 10/19/2004 | See Source »

...possible to create a patient??s “own” tissue by a method known as nuclear transfer. The idea is to transfer the nucleus of one of the patient??s body cells to an egg cell from which the nucleus was removed, resulting in a so-called nuclear transfer embryo. Stem cells obtained from such an embryo are genetically identical to that of the patient. Regenerative tissue derived from these stem cells escapes immune rejection...

Author: By Thorold W. Theunissen, | Title: Demystifying Stem Cell Research | 10/19/2004 | See Source »

...patient has a mutation in the human gene known as epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), Iressa has a much greater chance of slowing the growth of that patient??s tumor, the report said...

Author: By Matthew S. Meisel, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Cancer Drug’s Success Explained | 4/30/2004 | See Source »

When Matt was sick, I remember the nights we spent in the hospital waiting room talking to the parents of another patient??a child with severe cancer from a family who couldn’t afford health insurance. Those parents didn’t know what to do. All they could do was pray. As long as I live, I will never forget the terror in their eyes. In this country, it should never be this...

Author: By Richard A. Gephardt, | Title: The Spirit of Matt's Law | 11/3/2003 | See Source »

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