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Much remains to be done. There are serious concerns over how much the drugs will cost and whether they will be in short supply. Moreover, it is still not clear just how long they can prolong life. But for the first time doctors may have at their disposal an arsenal of weapons that can battle the virus at virtually every stage of its life cycle--not just in the final days but from the earliest months after infection. Says Dr. Warner Greene, director of the Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology in San Francisco: "It seems as if the tide...
...weeks ago to reverse the course of his disease, doctors at San Francisco General Hospital infused him with an experimental bone-marrow transplant from a baboon. Immunologists warned that his body would eventually reject the nonhuman tissue and that the operation would almost certainly end his life rather than prolong it. However, Getty is not only alive, but last week he was healthy enough to go home from the hospital. No matter how much time he has left, friends and family call him a medical miracle...
Cornell will need strong efforts from co-Ivy League Player of the Week Rob Elliott and Ivy League leading goal scorer Eric Kusseluk is it hopes to prolong its ten-game winning streak--the longest in school history...
...British Prime Minister John Major argued vehemently against arming the embattled Bosnians. Major, who, save for the dearth of a bowler hat and umbrella is a worthy successor to the exalted post of Neville Chamberlain, said that arming the Bosnians would prolong the conflict. He is absolutely right. Had the U.S. not "prolonged the conflict" by arming the British in World War II, Herr Major would now be celebrating Oktoberfest in Trafalgar Square as we entered year 63 of the thousand-year Reich. We must never forget...
Samper, 45, said he would answer Medina's charges "one by one." Botero--whose father Fernando Botero Angulo is Colombia's most famous painter--also denied the accusations, saying he only stepped down so he could devote time to preparing his defense. "I cannot prolong a situation in which my personal integrity and my family's honor are questioned," he said...