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  Hormone Control Of Rare Leukemia Sheds Light On Molecular Basis Of Cancer

  February 24, 1998 — Often in science it's the exception that illuminates the rule. Thus, when researchers at the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center clarified the biochemical mechanism behind acute ... > full story
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  University of Florida Physicians Use New Device to Purify Bone Marrow For Transplantation

  October 24, 1997 — The method could yield a "cleaner" bone marrow sample and reduce treatment-related side effects for patients undergoing bone marrow transplantation, UF researchers ... > full story
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  Designer Antibodies: Cell Repair Mechanism Promises Immune System Control

  October 10, 1997 — Mature B cells have a repair mechanism that reactivates the process of genetic recombination to replace failing lymphocytes with ones that produce the right antibodies. They can do it outside bone ... > full story
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  University of Florida Physicians Perform First "Mini" Bone Marrow Transplant

  July 31, 1997 — University of Florida physicians have performed a "mini" bone marrow transplant using much less intensive chemotherapy and no radiation. ... > full story
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  Fetal Bone Marrow Best Source Of Stem Cells For Transplantation

  June 6, 1997 — Georgetown research shows that fetal bone marrow is the best source of stem cells for bone marrow transplants, better than umbilical cord blood or adult bone ... > full story
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  Early Marrow Transplant May Cure SIDS

  June 4, 1997 — A 15-year study at Duke University has shown that babies born with Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID) have a greater than 90 percent chance of being cured if they are given a bone marrow ... > full story

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