Word: serum
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...sense in which we should be grate ful that Stockman had that capacity. For one thing, idealistic public officials appear infrequently enough to learn our respect regardless of their political viewpoint. But more importantly, Stockman's frustration contributed to his candor; in his case disillusionment was like a truth serum. And that candor, as Senator Robert Dole (R-Kan) noted, was refreshing, particularly so for what it revealed about the legislative process...
...issues are also popular. Cheyenne Resources is up 738% since its February offering at $1 a share, and Saxon Oil has jumped to $35.75, an increase of 43%, just since Thanksgiving. Other winners are medical technology companies such as Genentech or Gamma Biologicals, which makes a serum for determining blood type. It closed last week at $15.12, up 163% from the offering price...
...Center in Philadelphia identified a protein from the hepatitis B virus in the blood of an Australian aborigine. Researchers soon found that the protein, dubbed Australia antigen, existed in large quantities in the blood of carriers. Dr. Saul Krugman of New York University then discovered that when infected blood serum is boiled, the virus is killed but the antigen remains able to induce production of the antibodies that prevent the illness. The experimental vaccine was developed by Virologist Maurice Hilleman of the Merck Institute for Therapeutic Research. Should no hitches develop, the first hepatitis B vaccine may become commercially available...
...Russian researchers showed that rabbits fed a diet rich in saturated fats and cholesterol develop hardening of the arteries, some doctors have suspected that the same thing happens in humans. Indeed, in populations that consume more of these foods, there is a higher level of cholesterol in the blood-serum cholesterol-and a greater incidence of coronary disease. But the board found such statistical evidence no more than circumstantial (although it did accept similar studies for obesity's links with both heart disease and cancer). The panelists noted that when attempts were made to reduce serum cholesterol by dietary...
Even so, the board hedged its bets. It emphasized that people with a family history of heart disease or otherwise at risk because of such factors as obesity, high blood pressure or diabetes should rely on polyunsaturated fats in their diet and have blood fat and serum-cholesterol levels checked. It also said that even healthy people should consume no more fats than necessary to maintain their proper weight.Noting that a high-cholesterol diet tends to be a high-calorie diet, Panelist Robert Olson of St. Louis University said, "we think that the emphasis should be put on calories...