Word: spleens
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...news in Houston was the remarkable success of alpha interferon (one of the three major types of the substance) in fighting an unusual cancer known as hairy-cell leukemia (because of the hairy appearance of the malignant cells). The disease is usually treated by removing the patient's spleen, but this seems to help in only about half the cases. For the other half, there was no viable treatment until interferon was tried. Two reports presented at the conference showed that interferon can be effective in up to 90% of hairy-cell patients, greatly reducing or completely reversing all signs...
...injuries he had received to his spleen and colon forced him to spend the next four days in the hospital and the next three weeks on the sidelines. Though he returned to play in four of the Crimson's final five games, including last year's Yale game, he had lost between 15 and 20 pounds and never fully regained his strength...
...What is singular about the Pi Eta incident in the free speech arena? Why action here and not in other similar instances where a voice of moral leadership was called for? Why didn't Bok take the initiative and use the Weinberger and the P.L.O. incidents to vent his spleen on the necessity of free speech...
Some of the unexpected moments have been the brightest. Blatnick, 27, a super-heavyweight from upstate New York, had his spleen removed because of cancer two years ago. When he won, the level of his emotion was stunning. "It was just an offering of thanks," he said, after dropping to his knees and crossing himself at the moment of victory. "I've been given a lot of chances in my life, and I wasn't going to go without thanking somebody for it." Gorski left the silver medal to Nelson Vails, 24, who learned to ride delivering messages...
Post-mortem examination disclosed "totally unexpected" complications, according to Shearer. Accumulations of abnormally large white blood cells known as B cells were found in the boy's intestines, lungs and spleen. The fact that the cells were David's and not his sister's suggested that the transplant had not taken hold. For doctors, the more interesting question was whether these cells were malignant. The answer could provide valuable clues to the immune system and how it defends against cancer. "David's life," said an emotional Shearer, "has been important for medicine, but his greatest contribution...