Word: trucco
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...investigation grew out of unusually tragic circumstances. On two separate occasions, Dr. Massimo Trucco learned about a teenager who had died within a few weeks of developing diabetes. Trucco asked the parents for permission to perform autopsies, which showed direct evidence of an infection in the pancreas. More to the point, Trucco and colleagues found that the microscopic intruder had triggered an overwhelming immune response much greater than what was needed to subdue the virus. Unfortunately, the pancreas is particularly vulnerable to such an assault, and much of the tissue that produces insulin -- a hormone enabling cells to use sugar...
...effect, Dr. Trucco and his colleagues had caught both the virus and the immune system in their acts of destruction. Had the two patients lived longer, the infection would have subsided -- leaving only damaged tissue as an indirect clue that something had gone wrong...
...61st minute, Jurgen Klinsmann, a star scorer for the Germans, earned his pay by acquiring a point while the Bolivian goaltender, Carlos Trucco, was engaged in picking himself up off the ground. German enthusiasts chanted, whooped and sang, while Bolivian hearts sank along with mine. The game ended orderly and soberly 29 minutes later. There was nothing rowdy or untoward about the crowd at any time, despite the sport's reputation for passion that leaves bruises. People just got up and walked out. No announcer said anything, not even the final score or that it was time...