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[Tom Christerson] 'is doing superbly,' said [Laman Gray Jr.], who implanted the AbioCor artificial heart with [Robert Dowling]. On Tuesday, an expert in mechanical heart devices from that institute, Dr. O.H. Frazier, was attending the same Washington meeting as Dowling. Frazier joined Dowling on his drive and observed the operation. Christerson is from Central City, Ky. His implant went quicker and more smoothly than the first one, which the same surgeons performed on Robert Tools on July 2. So far, Gray said, Christerson's recovery is faster than Tools', largely because Christerson 'was not as sick as Tools' was before the implant

On Saturday, [Robert Edwards]' success in making infertility treatable made him one of five winners of this year's awards from the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation. [Joseph Goldstein] said that the award had been 'long overdue,' but Edwards was first nominated for a Lasker award this year. The Lasker awards often are called America's Nobels because 63 Lasker recipients have gone on to receive Nobel Prizes in Sweden

The surgical team decided to delay the operation a day. The team wanted to give [Robert Dowling] time to rest, said his surgical partner, Dr. Laman Gray Jr. 'Also, no one was in the mood to take on a major task like an artificial-heart implant under the circumstances,' Gray said. 'It was so depressing.' [Tom Christerson] 'is doing superbly,' said Gray, who with Dowling implanted the AbioCor artificial heart. 'He looks absolutely wonderful,' is awake and normal neurologically, Gray said. So far, Gray said, Christerson's recovery is faster than Tools', largely because Christerson 'was not as sick as Tools' before the implant

So far, [Laman A. Gray Jr.] said, [Tom Christerson]'s recovery is faster than Tools', largely because Christerson 'was not as sick as Tools' was before the implant

Nearly 1 million babies conceived in test tubes have been born since 1978 when the first was conceived through an in vitro fertilization technique developed by a British scientist, Dr. Robert G. Edwards. Yesterday, Edwards' success in making infertility treatable made him one of five winners of this year's awards from the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation. Edwards' work led to tests for detecting inherited disorders in embryos before they were implanted. His work, which won him the Lasker clinical award, also helped open the field of human embryonic stem cell research, which scientists say holds promise for developing new treatments for diabetes, Parkinson's and other diseases. The Lasker awards are often called America's Nobels because 63 Lasker recipients have gone on to receive Nobel Prizes in Sweden. The awards will be presented at a private luncheon in Manhattan on Sept. 21

[Tom Christerson] 'is doing superbly,' said [Laman A. Gray Jr.], who implanted the AbioCor artificial heart with [Robert Dowling]. 'He looks absolutely wonderful,' is awake and normal neurologically, Gray said

Both recipients have an AbioCor artificial heart, which is made by Abiomed of Danvers, Mass. Unlike Mr. Tools, though, the recipient yesterday did not have heart surgery before the implant, Dr. [Laman A. Gray Jr.] said. Mr. Tools had a coronary bypass operation about 10 years ago. Bleeding from scar tissue left from that made his implant operation more difficult. He also had to return to the operating room the night of his implant because of bleeding. The Food and Drug Administration has given Abiomed approval to implant up to five AbioCor hearts at Jewish Hospital and four other medical centers in Boston, Houston, Los Angeles and Philadelphia

Because DNA testing led to the identification of all the victims of the crash of Trans World Airlines Flight 800 and those in the crashes of Swissair and EgyptAir flights, ''it is no longer acceptable not to use DNA testing to identify all remains,'' said Dr. Michael Baden, the chief forensic pathologist for the New York State Police. He participated in the forensic pathology investigation of the T.W.A. crash off Long Island in 1996. Dr. [Robert Shaler] said that when bodies and tissues arrive at his office, teams of experts begin examining them visually to document any major injuries. The teams consist of medical examiners; morgue, DNA and toxicology scientists; and medical-legal investigators. The teams obtain fingerprints when possible and also collect samples for DNA and toxicology testing. If a blood sample cannot be obtained, members of the team remove a small piece of muscle for DNA testing. In the laboratory, scientists go through a number of steps to identify the victim's DNA and to compare it with samples from close relatives. In these steps, chemicals known as chelation compounds are added to the tissue to prevent the degradation of DNA. The resulting sample is heated and a protein is added to digest enzymes to break down the cell wall and release DNA. Scientists then use a color-coded system to determine the amount of DNA present, remove less than one billionth of a gram of DNA, and use a technique known as polymerase chain reaction to produce more purified DNA

A convoy of 10 refrigerated tractor-trailers that arrived from New Jersey on Wednesday afternoon was parked along Second Avenue between 30th and 32nd streets; they had space to store about 1,000 bodies. At dawn that day, a barge carrying pallets of ice tied up at a pier in lower Manhattan. The ice will help preserve remains as they are recovered from the rubble. If the remains of the hijackers are recovered, the medical examiner's office may be able to identify the culprits, who are presumed to have died with the innocent. Investigators hope to collect personal items the hijackers left behind in their homes or hotel rooms - hair brushes, washcloths, dirty clothing - that may contain traces of their DNA. These could be matched with unidentified remains. Among the many unknowns in the terrorist attack Tuesday is how many bodies the inferno burned beyond hope of recognition. Jet fuel burns at about 1,500 degrees, depending on circumstances, about 200 degrees cooler than some house fires. Crematoriums heat the body to 3,000 degrees for 30 minutes

A convoy of 10 refrigerated tractor-trailers that arrived from New Jersey yesterday afternoon was parked along Second Avenue from 30th Street to 32nd Street, providing space to store about 1,000 bodies. At dawn yesterday, a barge carrying pallets of ice tied up at a pier in Lower Manhattan. The ice will help preserve remains as they are recovered from the rubble. If the remains of the plane victims are recovered, the medical examiner's office may be able to identify the hijackers, who are presumed to have died with the innocent. Investigators hope to collect personal items the culprits left behind in their homes or hotel rooms -- hairbrushes, washcloths, dirty clothing -- that may contain traces of DNA. These could be matched with unidentified remains. Among the many unknowns in the terrorist attack on Tuesday is how many bodies were consumed beyond any hope of recognition. Jet fuel burns at about 1,500 degrees Fahrenheit, depending on circumstances, or about 200 degrees cooler than some house fires. Crematoriums heat the body to 3,000 degrees Fahrenheit for 30 minutes