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...construction] was to bring most of the outpatients to the front of the hospital,” said Kathy Lee, Yawkey Center operations coordinator. “Now, all the practices are in a central location—this makes things much more organized and enhances patient workflow...
...cheerful-looking Tsai Ming Liang as one of Taiwan’s premier directors. Tsai appeared Tuesday night at the Harvard Film Archive, the second time in two years, in his signature casual style and black-rimmed glasses, initiating the screening with a warning: “Be patient with this...
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...
...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...
President Bush intends to ban nuclear transfer. If realized in a clinical phase, nuclear transfer will require a patient to donate one of his or her own body cells. Clinicians then mix this body cell in a test tube with an egg cell, and produce life-saving tissue. Patients receive transplantation without being dangerously immune-suppressed. When considered in its actual context, nuclear transfer is a simple and highly innovative medical technique. It is a technical process with no intention of creating a human being...