Word: viruses
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...someone suffering from AIDS, the drug AZT (azidothymidine) can mean the difference between a precipitous death and a few more months of hope. The drug blocks the AIDS virus from reproducing, thereby cutting dramatically the amount of virus circulating within the blood. At the same time, a victim's ravaged immune system can replenish some of its chief defenders, called helper T cells, which may double in number during AZT treatment. Yet the drug has two notorious drawbacks. One is its side effects, which can include severe anemia. But the more bitter issue is its cost. A year's supply...
...grown substantially in recent weeks with the discovery that AZT can help a far larger group. A Government study released in August concluded that the drug, besides helping people who have AIDS, can also postpone the appearance of the disease in people who are infected by the AIDS virus but are not yet ill. Since no other antiviral drug has been approved to fight AIDS, the finding increases to 600,000 the number of potential AZT customers...
This interaction between Harvard and government authorities should continue, but on a larger scale. In an interview yesterday, Kleiman suggested the creation of a drug center along the lines of Harvard's inter-disciplinary effort to combine research and public policy questions stemming from the spread of the AIDS virus...
...November virus infected 6000 computers around the nation and hit systems at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the U.S. Air Force Logistics Command, among others. Friends have said that Morris meant the virus to be a harmless prank but that it spiraled beyond his control...
Morris is currently under a one-year suspension from Cornell, where he is pursuing a graduate degree. That university issued a report last spring which said Morris was responsible for the virus but concluded that any punishment meted out to him should not be so harsh as to "permanently damage [his] career...