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When the baboon-liver transplant was being done, I was in Strasbourg, France, at an international conference of experts in xenografting. Some of the surgeons there said that they would accept into their programs patients dying from liver failure as a result of hepatitis. A few of the surgeons and scientists who were there expressed skepticism about whether or not a baboon liver was vulnerable to hepatitis infection, but many thought the odds were probably lower

The surgeons at Pittsburgh gave two reasons to justify their decision to try using an animal transplant, or xenograft. The recipient of the baboon liver, who continues to request anonymity, is infected with hepatitis B. This virus was responsible for the destruction of his liver

ST. PAUL, Minn. - Christopher Columbus is getting a lot of bad ink these days. Back when I was a kid, in Paleolithic times, Columbus was the brave explorer who discovered the New World in order to assure all American children a day off from school. I recently visited a museum exhibit on Columbus and other early European explorers held to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the voyage of the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria across the big pond. The trip was described as an "encounter." Christopher Columbus, "encounterer."

The announcement of the scholarship set off the predictable tantrum so familiar in the abortion debate in this country. Anti-abortion leaders spoke of creating a counter-scholarship fund to educate young physicians about the evil of abortion. Some true zanies talked about creating a Joseph Mengele prize for physicians who perform abortions

Last year, the NIH scientists were going to publish some of their initial discoveries in the prestigious journal Science. Just before they did, the attorneys responsible for patents at the NIH got wind of their publication plans. The lawyers realized that if the newly discovered genetic sequences appeared in print without a patent having been filed, then anyone could use them without having to pay fees or royalties. The lawyers gagged. The NIH attorneys put the kibosh on publication until they could file patent applications on the genetic sequences

Geoffrey Fieger, [Jack Kevorkian]'s lawyer, originally denied that Kevorkian took any active role in causing [Susan Williams]' death earlier this month. But he subsequently changed his tune. He now says it was Dr. Jack who purchased a canister of carbon monoxide gas, brought it to Susan Williams' home and counseled her about how to gas herself to death