Word: sternum
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...week's end, tests of the convict's blood and bone marrow (from the sternum or breastbone) showed nothing abnormal. Doctors believed that he would stay free of the disease, but tests would continue for a year. The girl seemed a little better, but it was much too early to tell whether the Sing Sing experiment was a new milestone in the fight against leukemia or just another baffling failure...