Word: treatments
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...familial patterns of heart disease and stroke, cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer's, various kinds of mental disorders and even gingivitis. Says Dr. Wayne Grody, head of the DNA diagnostic lab at the UCLA Medical Center: "We'll soon be governed by a new paradigm--genomic medicine--with tests and ultimately treatment for every disease linked to the human genome...
...uncover a genetic problem in patients, like a family history of muscular dystrophy in a couple who want a child, savvy physicians will enlist a trained specialist like Fox. These specialists can explore with the couple what it means to care for a child with muscular dystrophy (under improved treatment, such children can survive well into middle...
...disease and sickle-cell anemia, that are caused by a single defective gene. The strategy was simple: substitute a normal gene for a faulty one. But scientists quickly realized that adding genes to cells could also impart new functions to those cells. That may lead to the genetic treatment of a host of other disorders, including heart disease and many forms of cancer...
...Crimson was able to confirm that guard Charles McElroy suffered a heart attack over the New Year's break and is recovering. Another guard from Lowell House is in the hospital receiving treatment for an ulcer...
...package is designed to expand U.S. links with the island in anticipation of Fidel Castro's demise in the near future. The exile lobby is satisfied, but critics such as Warner point out that Cuba is getting rougher treatment than even Iraq and North Korea. Except, perhaps, when it comes to sports: The White House is backing plans by the Baltimore Orioles for an exhibition match against Cuba's national team in March. Of course, if they're hoping to thaw Cuban society, the Orioles had better throw the game -- Castro is a notoriously bad loser...