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Ever since the pioneering transplant operations of the 1960s, the chief obstacle to the full recovery of transplant patients has been the immune system's xenophobic zeal to destroy anything that is foreign to the body. Once the alien threat has been identified, agents known as helper T cells unleash the powerful immune response that attacks grafted tissue. During the 1970s, physicians found that they could minimize this reaction by more closely matching the MHC proteins, or immunological "dog tags," of a donor with those of the recipient. Even so, they could not completely eliminate the rejection response. To make...
Remember the box the official whiffle ball came in? The diagrams on the outside of the box showed in quick easy steps how to throw an inside curveball, how to hit the outside corner and how to unleash the vicious slider...
...before declaring open season for Cupid to unleash his darts through the Yard's warming air, let's take a moment and journey back to springtimes past...
...Iranians have been massing troops in the southern sector of the war front for weeks and have vowed to unleash "punishing blows" again Iraq...
Antibiotechnology activists were infuriated with Strobel's actions and with his mild punishment. They claim that scientists could unwittingly unleash destructive mutant bacteria into the environment, a worry that is considered alarmist by most scientists. Says Jeremy Rifkin, a Washington lobbyist: "We cannot expect the scientists to police themselves. They feel they are above...