Word: transplantation
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...vision and skill have opened new frontiers for transplant surgery. Thanks to Najarian's work, diabetics are no longer told that transplants are too risky for them. And it was Najarian who proved that patients could safely receive kidneys donat-ed by living relatives. "We're not talking about just any doctor," says ethicist Arthur Caplan of the University of Pennsylvania, "but a giant of 20th century medicine...
Since the afflicted mice are born relatively healthy, the transplant therapy was able to be used on newborns, rather than embryos...
...first step in developping such a brain-transplant therapy will be to identify and clone neural progenitor cells in humans...
...tonsillectomy can go bad, imagine all the things that can happen with a bone-marrow transplant, a coronary-bypass operation or an experiment in gene therapy. As medicine has become more complex and the pace of technological change has accelerated, the opportunities for error have multiplied. And when doctors are constantly testing new treatments, as they are at Dana-Farber, they cannot fall back on years of experience...
...just finished two terms as governor, established an exploratory committee to raise funds for a campaign. He is expected to decide whether to run by May. Casey, who opposes abortion rights, has complained that the Clinton Administration is filled with "left-wing ideologues." He had a heart and liver transplant in 1993. If he does run, he'll be running uphill.TIME Washington correspondent Michael Duffysays Clinton's approval rating among Democrats has dramatically improved this year, especially in early primary states, where Casey would have to start strong in order to mount a viable challenge...