5.26.2005 The
Double-Knockout King Dr. David H. Sachs left his suburban home
and headed to his Boston laboratory, a few miles distant. He was unusually
excited. Overnight, experimental animal number 15502 -- a cloned, genetically
engineered pig -- had arrived safely on a flight from its birthplace in
Missouri.
4.11.2004 Engineering
life Dr. Joseph P. Vacanti steps to the operating
table inside a small room at Massachusetts General Hospital. A large white
rat lies asleep on its back, its legs spread-eagle with rubber bands anchored
to pins. The rat's teeth are bared, its long whiskers still, its abdomen
shaved.
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1.26.2003 Iced:
For $120,000, you can be with Ted Williams -- forever Ted Williams was feeling ill, and his difficult
breathing concerned his caregivers. The 83-year-old baseball great had a
history of heart disease, and out of an abundance of caution, an ambulance
was called to his home in Hernando, Fla. It was Friday morning, July 5.
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10.13.2002 FACE
LIFT - Turning back time PROVIDENCE - Barbara Gummere lay asleep
on her back, the entire right side of her face dissected away from
her skull. Peering into the incision, one could see clear to her neck.
Bloody sponges accumulated in a steel bucket. Some three hours into
this seven-and-a-quarter-hour operation, it seemed impossible that
beauty could emerge from such an unsavory scene.
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9.29.2002 'I was stunned,' says Reeve's neurologist Christopher Reeve was passing an evening at his home near New York City two years ago when his wife, Dana Reeve, noticed that his left hand had stirred. He seemed to be gesturing to emphasize a point in their conversation.
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