Hormone boosts blood cell recovery after chemotherapy
AP report details a engineered growth hormone that counters chemotherapy bone marrow suppression. It enhances red and white cell production and platelets, enabling higher chemotherapy doses. Early tests of thrombopoietin and megakaryocyte growth factor show promise, with platelets normalizing within 13 days in treated patients.
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Daniel Q. Haney
Hiladelphia
American Society For Clinical Oncology
Lynn Mara Schuchter
University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center
Genentech
Amgen
Michael Fanucchi
Emory University
Emory
Duke University
University of California
Los Angeles
Estefans back boating safety law signing in Florida
Gloria Estefan attended a ceremony with Gov. Lawton Chiles as Florida lawmakers enacted a boat safety education law. The rule requires under 17 to complete a training course for engines 10 horsepower or more, with the age minimum rising yearly to 2001. The Estefans discussed aiming to help families after a water scooter accident that killed a 29-year-old man.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Gloria Estefan
Estefan
Emilio
Lawton Chiles
Estefans
Emilio Estefan
Florida
New Farm Sign-Ups Smooth on 1996 Program Start
Ron Mosier signed four farms to the new 1996 farm program in 75 minutes at Reno County FSA. Sign-up runs through July 12, with a flexible crop mix and fixed declining payments. Adrian Polansky reported no major glitches as farmers adapt to the changes amid drought and a freeze hurting wheat crops. John Griffith of Nickerson welcomed the flexibility to plant what he wants, noting benefits if prices stay steady.
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Atchinson
Ron Mosier
Pat Roberts
Brian
Reno County Farm Services Agency
Adrian Polansky
State
Manhattan
John Griffith
Nickerson
Hutchinson
Griffith
Glitches cause airport delays in New York area
The air traffic control computer failed twice in one night at the New York area facilities, forcing use of a backup system and delaying departures up to 70 minutes. Controllers logged data by hand, slowing the flow at Newark and LaGuardia without loss of contact or safety concerns.
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New York
New York-area
John Walker
Federal Aviation Administration
Ronkonkoma
N.Y
Walker
Newark
LaGuardia
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