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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Last week they appeared to have safely crossed that bridge. Within hours of one another, the three men underwent surgery to replace their temporary mechanical devices with donor hearts. At week's end all seemed to be making progress, and none showed signs of rejection...
...drug, which is responsible for much of the recent progress in organ transplantation, is a potent suppressor of the immune system and is particularly effective at inhibiting the rejection of foreign organs. On the surface, cyclosporine (trade name: Sandimmun) would seem to be the last drug one would prescribe for AIDS patients, whose immune systems are already critically depressed. Indeed, an early theory about the cause of AIDS held that it was triggered by a cyclosporine-like substance produced by an infectious fungus...
...such stepped-up activity is simple: deadlines are approaching. Secretary of State George Shultz is scheduled to arrive in Moscow this week to put the final touches on preparations for the summit. The British and other NATO allies have flinched at Reagan's attempts to play down expectations for progress on arms control, and there are indications that Gorbachev has ordered his negotiators to pull out all stops in seeking a general statement of principles or perhaps an interim accord on Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) based in Europe. One American official remarked that it all reminded him "of what...
...defensive systems that would truly be a watershed." In order to continue such a dialogue, Shultz will try to set up another summit for next year while he is in Moscow this week. His attempt may fail, because Moscow has stressed that there must first be some specific progress at the summit, before an ongoing process can be instituted...
...real progress on arms control still seems to hinge on the one issue where both sides remain adamant: SDI. The threat of an American strategic defense system probably had a lot to do with Moscow's readiness to return to the bargaining table and discuss the deep missile cuts it had hitherto rejected out of hand. Some in the Administration still harbor hopes that Star Wars might be the ultimate bargaining chip. Without some flexibility on SDI down the road, it could instead become the ultimate stumbling block, the issue that causes the Soviets to act on their hints that...