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...harvest, in which doctors will remove about a quart of her marrow to be transplanted into a young patient dying of leukemia. She has never met the patient, who lives in Europe. They do not even know each other's names. They have been brought together by a computer search, by the quirk of a few shared genetic traits and, above all, by Majewski's kindness and courage, her willingness to endure a painful procedure in the hope of saving the life of a perfect stranger...
...patient can begin the drastic treatment that will destroy bone marrow unless it is certain that the marrow can be replaced. Some have autologous transplants, in which their own marrow is harvested and returned to them later; others must search for allogeneic transplants from donors--usually relatives. But even close relatives do not always have compatible marrow. In recent years about two-thirds of all patients needing allogeneic transplants have sought unrelated donors...
Detachment, viewed as a virtue among scientists, often feels unnatural to medical practitioners, who see human involvement as central to the healing art. For those who have themselves been afflicted with disease or observed it in a loved one, the experience can become a driving force in their search for a cure. Here are five whose close encounters with illness have produced important contributions to medical science...
Moments like this are typical of Cox's experience as he scours the world's flora in search of plants that will benefit Western medicine. Cox has spent years in Samoa interviewing or apprenticing himself to traditional healers. He has also traveled throughout the South Pacific, as well as in Southeast Asia, South America, East Africa and as far north as Sweden's Lapland. In Samoa alone, healers have led him and his colleagues to 74 medicinal plants that might prove useful...
...Jack's life has undergone some seismic shifts in the past 18 months. His marriage of 12 years collapsed, and he was fired from a job in his wife's family's business, leaving him to search for new career options. "It became evident to me that I didn't have control over my life," he said a few days before the counseling session. "This is one small piece where I can get some control." Jack thought that a negative test result--one that showed no abnormality in the gene IT-15 on chromosome 4--would inspire him to consider...