Word: treating
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...GSAS class has been invited to an orientation tommorrow that will treat them to breakfast, a welcome by President Bok, and a tour of Harvard...
...drug boosted the victims' count of white blood cells, the body's primary defense against infection, after just ten days of treatment. The additional cells could help AIDS patients fight off bacteria, viruses and other life-threatening microbes. Groopman believes GM-CSF could one day be used to treat a variety of diseases. "This is the first time that anyone has been able to regulate the white- blood-cell count in man," he says. "There are implications for cancer patients and people with bone-marrow disorders...
...Strobel admitted he had injected the elms with genetically altered bacteria in an attempt to treat them for Dutch elm disease. The experiment had shown encouraging results, but it was, he acknowledged, an act of civil disobedience that was in violation of Environmental Protection Agency regulations. After receiving a reprimand from the EPA and a warning that any similar experiments in the next year must be co-sponsored by another investigator and receive special permission from the university, Strobel requested that the elms be disposed of to end controversy over his actions. His troubles, however, were not yet over...
Bacitracin is a helpful antibiotic commonly used to treat cuts and abrasions. But now the substance has ended up in the middle of a bruising bureaucratic scrape. Last week a federal appeals court in Washington ruled that it lacked authority to order the Environmental Protection Agency to remove bacitracin from a list of 406 hazardous substances, where EPA officials concede that the drug landed by mistake...
...theater group performs regularly, and a country club, an American Legion post and numerous garden and bridge organizations serve as gathering spots. To keep occupied, many turn to charity work. American residents fund an orphanage and a home for indigent Mexicans. They arrange visits by American medical specialists to treat Mexicans. Last June Obregon Street in Ajijic was resurfaced, courtesy of the foreign community. Says Kay Pike, a retired actress who moved to Chapala four years ago: "Do-gooding is an attraction for those of us who think of Mexico as our adopted country...