Word: raudrant
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...unprecedented procedure was performed by two prominent physicians in Lyons: Dr. Jean-Louis Touraine, an immunologist at Edouard-Herriot Hospital, and Dr. Daniel Raudrant, an obstetrician at Hotel Dieu Hospital. The doctors wanted to treat David while he was still in his mother's womb because they thought if the procedure was done early, it would have better odds of succeeding. They took 7 cc of liquid, containing about 16 million immune cells from the liver and thymus of two aborted fetuses, and injected the material into David's umbilical cord. After he was born, David received an injection...
...doctors remain cautious. "We're not out of the woods yet," said Raudrant. But the boy at least has a chance at a better fate than another ( immune-deficient David: the American "bubble boy" who spent nearly all his twelve years of life in isolation before he died in Houston...
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