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[ "In", "17", "central", "states", ",", "one", "small", "-", "business", "count", "shows", "lawmakers", "adopted", "only", "three", "of", "46", "bills", "mandating", "health", "coverage", "or", "parental", "leave", "." ]	[ "O", "B-CARDINAL", "O", "O", "O", "B-CARDINAL", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-CARDINAL", "I-CARDINAL", "O", "B-CARDINAL", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]	In 17 central states , one small - business count shows lawmakers adopted only three of 46 bills mandating health coverage or parental leave .
[ "The", "Illinois", "Legislature", "narrowly", "passed", "a", "parental", "-", "leave", "bill", ",", "which", "Gov.", "James", "Thompson", "vetoed", ",", "and", "Iowa", "and", "Tennessee", "amended", "laws", "to", "require", "that", "employers", "pay", "for", "breast", "-", "cancer", "exams", "." ]	[ "B-ORG", "I-ORG", "I-ORG", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-PERSON", "I-PERSON", "O", "O", "O", "B-GPE", "O", "B-GPE", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]	The Illinois Legislature narrowly passed a parental - leave bill , which Gov. James Thompson vetoed , and Iowa and Tennessee amended laws to require that employers pay for breast - cancer exams .
[ "In", "1990", ",", "the", "issue", "is", "expected", "to", "be", "especially", "close", "in", "Alaska", ",", "California", ",", "Michigan", ",", "New", "York", ",", "Pennsylvania", "and", "Illinois", "." ]	[ "O", "B-DATE", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-GPE", "O", "B-GPE", "O", "B-GPE", "O", "B-GPE", "I-GPE", "O", "B-GPE", "O", "B-GPE", "O" ]	In 1990 , the issue is expected to be especially close in Alaska , California , Michigan , New York , Pennsylvania and Illinois .
[ "Dr.", "Blumenfeld", "is", "n't", "unique", "." ]	[ "O", "B-PERSON", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]	Dr. Blumenfeld is n't unique .
[ "Dr.", "Blumenfeld", "concedes", "he", "did", "n't", "fully", "understand", "what", "he", "was", "buying", "." ]	[ "O", "B-PERSON", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]	Dr. Blumenfeld concedes he did n't fully understand what he was buying .
[ "Dr.", "Blumenfeld", "says", "he", "does", "n't", "remember", "the", "paragraph", "about", "premiums", "in", "the", "fact", "sheet", "he", "received", "and", "did", "n't", "realize", "part", "of", "what", "he", "paid", "was", "a", "premium", "." ]	[ "O", "B-PERSON", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]	Dr. Blumenfeld says he does n't remember the paragraph about premiums in the fact sheet he received and did n't realize part of what he paid was a premium .
[ "Dr.", "Blumenfeld", "says", "he", "'s", "satisfied", "that", "his", "problem", "has", "been", "resolved", "." ]	[ "O", "B-PERSON", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]	Dr. Blumenfeld says he 's satisfied that his problem has been resolved .
[ "He", "said", "the", "normal", "ratio", "is", "five", "to", "six", "weeks", "." ]	[ "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-DATE", "I-DATE", "I-DATE", "I-DATE", "O" ]	He said the normal ratio is five to six weeks .
[ "The", "report", "is", "n't", "generally", "available", "until", "late", "on", "Tuesdays", "." ]	[ "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-TIME", "O", "B-DATE", "O" ]	The report is n't generally available until late on Tuesdays .
[ "If", "he", "were", "brilliant", ",", "he", "probably", "would", "not", "be", "a", "family", "doctor", "in", "the", "first", "place", "." ]	[ "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-ORDINAL", "O", "O" ]	If he were brilliant , he probably would not be a family doctor in the first place .
[ "Staar", "Surgical", "Co.", "'s", "board", "said", "that", "it", "has", "removed", "Thomas", "R.", "Waggoner", "as", "president", "and", "chief", "executive", "officer", "and", "that", "John", "R.", "Wolf", ",", "formerly", "executive", "vice", "president", ",", "sales", "and", "marketing", ",", "has", "been", "named", "president", "and", "chief", "executive", "officer", "." ]	[ "B-ORG", "I-ORG", "I-ORG", "I-ORG", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-PERSON", "I-PERSON", "I-PERSON", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-PERSON", "I-PERSON", "I-PERSON", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]	Staar Surgical Co. 's board said that it has removed Thomas R. Waggoner as president and chief executive officer and that John R. Wolf , formerly executive vice president , sales and marketing , has been named president and chief executive officer .
[ "The", "company", "'s", "latest", "announcement", "said", "Mr.", "Waggoner", "will", "remain", "a", "director", "of", "Staar", ",", "a", "maker", "of", "products", "for", "small", "-", "incision", "surgery", "." ]	[ "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-PERSON", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-ORG", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]	The company 's latest announcement said Mr. Waggoner will remain a director of Staar , a maker of products for small - incision surgery .
[ "The", "death", "toll", "rose", "to", "63", "." ]	[ "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-CARDINAL", "O" ]	The death toll rose to 63 .
[ "Genetic", "Defect", "Spotted", "In", "3", "-", "Day", "-", "Old", "Embryo" ]	[ "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-DATE", "I-DATE", "I-DATE", "I-DATE", "I-DATE", "O" ]	Genetic Defect Spotted In 3 - Day - Old Embryo
[ "Prenatal", "diagnosis", "of", "genetic", "defects", "as", "early", "as", "the", "sixth", "week", "of", "pregnancy", "is", "increasingly", "common", "today", "." ]	[ "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-DATE", "I-DATE", "I-DATE", "I-DATE", "I-DATE", "I-DATE", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-DATE", "O" ]	Prenatal diagnosis of genetic defects as early as the sixth week of pregnancy is increasingly common today .
[ "But", "the", "mouse", "experiment", "at", "a", "Medical", "Research", "Council", "laboratory", "in", "London", "shows", "genetic", "defects", "can", "be", "detected", "three", "days", "after", "conception", "using", "a", "new", "American", "-", "developed", "gene", "-", "copying", "technique", "." ]	[ "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-ORG", "I-ORG", "I-ORG", "O", "O", "B-GPE", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-DATE", "I-DATE", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-NORP", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]	But the mouse experiment at a Medical Research Council laboratory in London shows genetic defects can be detected three days after conception using a new American - developed gene - copying technique .
[ "Three", "days", "later", ",", "before", "the", "new", "embryo", "had", "become", "implanted", "in", "the", "uterus", ",", "it", "was", "washed", "out", "of", "the", "mother", "mouse", "." ]	[ "B-DATE", "I-DATE", "I-DATE", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]	Three days later , before the new embryo had become implanted in the uterus , it was washed out of the mother mouse .
[ "The", "embryo", "had", "progressed", "only", "to", "a", "clump", "of", "eight", "identical", "cells", "." ]	[ "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-CARDINAL", "O", "O", "O" ]	The embryo had progressed only to a clump of eight identical cells .
[ "A", "genetic", "probe", "showed", "the", "hemoglobin", "gene", "was", "missing", ",", "the", "researchers", "report", "in", "the", "medical", "journal", "Lancet", "." ]	[ "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-ORG", "O" ]	A genetic probe showed the hemoglobin gene was missing , the researchers report in the medical journal Lancet .
[ "In", "the", "report", ",", "two", "molecular", "biologists", "suggest", "such", "embryo", "diagnosis", "can", "be", "used", "by", "couples", "at", "high", "risk", "of", "passing", "a", "genetic", "defect", "to", "a", "child", "." ]	[ "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-CARDINAL", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]	In the report , two molecular biologists suggest such embryo diagnosis can be used by couples at high risk of passing a genetic defect to a child .
[ "When", "the", "fertilized", "cells", "divide", "to", "eight", "cells", ",", "a", "single", "cell", "from", "each", "embryo", "can", "be", "tested", "for", "genetic", "defects", "." ]	[ "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-CARDINAL", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]	When the fertilized cells divide to eight cells , a single cell from each embryo can be tested for genetic defects .
[ "A", "healthy", "embryo", "can", "be", "picked", "for", "implantation", "and", "defective", "ones", "discarded", "." ]	[ "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-CARDINAL", "O", "O" ]	A healthy embryo can be picked for implantation and defective ones discarded .
[ "Or", "in", "other", "couples", ",", "the", "embryo", "could", "be", "temporarily", "taken", "out", "and", "tested", "three", "days", "after", "conception", "and", "returned", "if", "healthy", ",", "or", "discarded", "if", "not", "." ]	[ "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-DATE", "I-DATE", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]	Or in other couples , the embryo could be temporarily taken out and tested three days after conception and returned if healthy , or discarded if not .
[ "VISUALIZING", "BLOOD", "vessels", "without", "poking", "catheters", "into", "the", "body", "may", "come", "out", "of", "research", "at", "AT&T", "Bell", "Laboratories", "." ]	[ "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-ORG", "I-ORG", "I-ORG", "O" ]	VISUALIZING BLOOD vessels without poking catheters into the body may come out of research at AT&T Bell Laboratories .
[ "They", "'ve", "been", "able", "to", "measure", "the", "minuscule", "movements", "of", "the", "artery", "wall", "as", "the", "beating", "heart", "raises", "and", "lowers", "the", "pressure", "of", "the", "flowing", "blood", ",", "a", "first", "for", "such", "tiny", "blood", "vessels", ",", "they", "report", "in", "Nature", ",", "a", "scientific", "journal", "." ]	[ "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-ORDINAL", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-ORG", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]	They 've been able to measure the minuscule movements of the artery wall as the beating heart raises and lowers the pressure of the flowing blood , a first for such tiny blood vessels , they report in Nature , a scientific journal .
[ "Almost", "40", "%", "of", "schizophrenic", "men", "have", "an", "impaired", "sense", "of", "smell", "vs.", "fewer", "than", "10", "%", "of", "schizophrenic", "women", ",", "reports", "the", "American", "Journal", "of", "Psychiatry", "." ]	[ "O", "B-PERCENT", "I-PERCENT", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-PERCENT", "I-PERCENT", "I-PERCENT", "I-PERCENT", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-ORG", "I-ORG", "I-ORG", "I-ORG", "I-ORG", "O" ]	Almost 40 % of schizophrenic men have an impaired sense of smell vs. fewer than 10 % of schizophrenic women , reports the American Journal of Psychiatry .
[ "American", "Medical", "International", "Inc.", ",", "a", "New", "York", "hospital", "operator", ",", "will", "be", "deleted", "from", "the", "index", "at", "that", "time", "." ]	[ "B-ORG", "I-ORG", "I-ORG", "I-ORG", "O", "O", "B-GPE", "I-GPE", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]	American Medical International Inc. , a New York hospital operator , will be deleted from the index at that time .
[ "American", "Medical", "is", "being", "acquired", "." ]	[ "B-ORG", "I-ORG", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]	American Medical is being acquired .
[ "But", "Drexel", "has", "made", "it", "clear", "it", "could", "mount", "a", "significant", "legal", "battle", "in", "each", "state", "if", "its", "license", "is", "revoked", ",", "according", "to", "state", "officials", "." ]	[ "O", "B-ORG", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]	But Drexel has made it clear it could mount a significant legal battle in each state if its license is revoked , according to state officials .
[ "The", "procedure", "causes", "``", "great", "uncertainty", "''", "because", "an", "investor", "ca", "n't", "be", "sure", "of", "his", "or", "her", "individual", "liability", ",", "Lloyd", "'s", "said", "." ]	[ "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-ORG", "I-ORG", "O", "O" ]	The procedure causes `` great uncertainty '' because an investor ca n't be sure of his or her individual liability , Lloyd 's said .
[ "``", "We", "do", "n't", "want", "to", "be", "known", "as", "ambulance", "chasers", ",", "''", "says", "William", "Garrison", ",", "Lake", "View", "'s", "president", "." ]	[ "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-PERSON", "I-PERSON", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]	`` We do n't want to be known as ambulance chasers , '' says William Garrison , Lake View 's president .
[ "Carlos", "A.", "Salvagni", ",", "vice", "president", ",", "pharmaceutical", "manufacturing", ",", "will", "assume", "responsibility", "for", "manufacturing", "in", "Kalamazoo", ",", "Mich.", ",", "effective", "Nov.", "1", "." ]	[ "B-PERSON", "I-PERSON", "I-PERSON", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-GPE", "O", "B-GPE", "O", "O", "B-DATE", "I-DATE", "O" ]	Carlos A. Salvagni , vice president , pharmaceutical manufacturing , will assume responsibility for manufacturing in Kalamazoo , Mich. , effective Nov. 1 .
[ "Upjohn", "is", "a", "world", "-", "wide", "provider", "of", "health", "-", "care", "products", "and", "services", ",", "seeds", "and", "speciality", "chemicals", "." ]	[ "B-ORG", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]	Upjohn is a world - wide provider of health - care products and services , seeds and speciality chemicals .
[ "Birtcher", "Corp.", "said", "it", "signed", "a", "definitive", "agreement", "with", "C.R.", "Bard", "Inc.", ",", "a", "Murray", "Hill", ",", "N.J.", ",", "maker", "of", "health", "-", "care", "products", ",", "for", "the", "purchase", "of", "the", "company", "'s", "Bard", "/", "EMS", "Electrosurgery", "division", "for", "about", "$", "11", "million", "." ]	[ "B-ORG", "I-ORG", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-ORG", "I-ORG", "I-ORG", "O", "O", "B-GPE", "I-GPE", "O", "B-GPE", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-ORG", "I-ORG", "I-ORG", "I-ORG", "O", "O", "B-MONEY", "I-MONEY", "I-MONEY", "I-MONEY", "O" ]	Birtcher Corp. said it signed a definitive agreement with C.R. Bard Inc. , a Murray Hill , N.J. , maker of health - care products , for the purchase of the company 's Bard / EMS Electrosurgery division for about $ 11 million .
[ "Birtcher", ",", "a", "maker", "of", "electronic", "medical", "equipment", ",", "said", "the", "transaction", "is", "expected", "to", "close", "on", "or", "before", "Nov.", "30", "." ]	[ "B-ORG", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-DATE", "I-DATE", "O" ]	Birtcher , a maker of electronic medical equipment , said the transaction is expected to close on or before Nov. 30 .
[ "Bard", "/", "EMS", "had", "1988", "sales", "of", "about", "$", "14", "million", ",", "Birtcher", "said", "." ]	[ "B-ORG", "I-ORG", "I-ORG", "O", "B-DATE", "O", "O", "B-MONEY", "I-MONEY", "I-MONEY", "I-MONEY", "O", "B-ORG", "O", "O" ]	Bard / EMS had 1988 sales of about $ 14 million , Birtcher said .
[ "Bausch", "&", "Lomb", "Inc.", "said", "its", "pharmaceuticals", "subsidiary", "agreed", "to", "supply", "collagen", "corneal", "shields", "for", "animal", "eye", "surgery", "to", "a", "unit", "of", "International", "Minerals", "&", "Chemical", "Corp", "." ]	[ "B-ORG", "I-ORG", "I-ORG", "I-ORG", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-ORG", "I-ORG", "I-ORG", "I-ORG", "I-ORG", "O" ]	Bausch & Lomb Inc. said its pharmaceuticals subsidiary agreed to supply collagen corneal shields for animal eye surgery to a unit of International Minerals & Chemical Corp .
[ "The", "agreement", "marks", "Bausch", "&", "Lomb", "'s", "first", "venture", "selling", "its", "eye", "care", "products", "for", "use", "by", "veterinarians", "." ]	[ "O", "O", "O", "B-ORG", "I-ORG", "I-ORG", "I-ORG", "B-ORDINAL", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]	The agreement marks Bausch & Lomb 's first venture selling its eye care products for use by veterinarians .
[ "International", "Minerals", "said", "the", "sale", "will", "allow", "Mallinckrodt", "to", "focus", "its", "resources", "on", "its", "core", "businesses", "of", "medical", "products", ",", "specialty", "chemicals", "and", "flavors", "." ]	[ "B-ORG", "I-ORG", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-ORG", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]	International Minerals said the sale will allow Mallinckrodt to focus its resources on its core businesses of medical products , specialty chemicals and flavors .
[ "Two", "Japanese", "scientists", "said", "they", "discovered", "an", "antibody", "that", ",", "in", "laboratory", "test", "-", "tube", "experiments", ",", "kills", "AIDS", "-", "infected", "cells", "while", "preserving", "healthy", "cells", "." ]	[ "B-CARDINAL", "B-NORP", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]	Two Japanese scientists said they discovered an antibody that , in laboratory test - tube experiments , kills AIDS - infected cells while preserving healthy cells .
[ "Shin", "Yonehara", ",", "a", "research", "scientist", "at", "the", "Tokyo", "Metropolitan", "Institute", "of", "Medical", "Science", ",", "said", "the", "antibody", "he", "discovered", "works", "by", "recognizing", "an", "antigen", "called", "a", "Fas", "-", "antigen", ",", "which", "is", "characteristic", "of", "an", "infected", "cell", "." ]	[ "B-PERSON", "I-PERSON", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-ORG", "I-ORG", "I-ORG", "I-ORG", "I-ORG", "I-ORG", "I-ORG", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]	Shin Yonehara , a research scientist at the Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science , said the antibody he discovered works by recognizing an antigen called a Fas - antigen , which is characteristic of an infected cell .
[ "Dr.", "Yonehara", "and", "his", "partner", ",", "Nobuyuki", "Kobayashi", "of", "Yamaguchi", "University", ",", "said", "their", "experiments", "showed", "that", "the", "antibody", "wiped", "out", "an", "average", "of", "60", "%", "of", "AIDS", "-", "infected", "cells", "within", "three", "days", "." ]	[ "O", "B-PERSON", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-PERSON", "I-PERSON", "O", "B-ORG", "I-ORG", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-PERCENT", "I-PERCENT", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-DATE", "I-DATE", "O" ]	Dr. Yonehara and his partner , Nobuyuki Kobayashi of Yamaguchi University , said their experiments showed that the antibody wiped out an average of 60 % of AIDS - infected cells within three days .
[ "Meanwhile", ",", "fewer", "than", "10", "%", "of", "the", "healthy", "cells", "were", "killed", "." ]	[ "O", "O", "B-PERCENT", "I-PERCENT", "I-PERCENT", "I-PERCENT", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]	Meanwhile , fewer than 10 % of the healthy cells were killed .
[ "They", "said", "they", "hoped", "to", "conduct", "tests", "on", "human", "patients", "in", "the", "U.S.", "by", "late", "next", "year", "." ]	[ "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-GPE", "O", "B-DATE", "I-DATE", "I-DATE", "O" ]	They said they hoped to conduct tests on human patients in the U.S. by late next year .
[ "Japan", "does", "n't", "have", "enough", "AIDS", "patients", "to", "do", "significant", "experimentation", "in", "that", "country", ",", "they", "said", "." ]	[ "B-GPE", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]	Japan does n't have enough AIDS patients to do significant experimentation in that country , they said .
[ "The", "announcement", "got", "wide", "exposure", "in", "the", "Japanese", "media", ",", "and", "even", "moved", "some", "pharmaceutical", "stocks", "yesterday", "." ]	[ "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-NORP", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-DATE", "O" ]	The announcement got wide exposure in the Japanese media , and even moved some pharmaceutical stocks yesterday .
[ "But", "Takashi", "Kitamura", ",", "director", "of", "the", "biology", "department", "at", "Japan", "'s", "National", "Institute", "of", "Health", "and", "secretary", "of", "the", "government", "'s", "AIDS", "-", "research", "center", ",", "said", ",", "``", "I", "'m", "not", "so", "optimistic", "of", "its", "future", "use", "in", "therapeutic", "methods", ".", "''" ]	[ "O", "B-PERSON", "I-PERSON", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-GPE", "O", "B-ORG", "I-ORG", "I-ORG", "I-ORG", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]	But Takashi Kitamura , director of the biology department at Japan 's National Institute of Health and secretary of the government 's AIDS - research center , said , `` I 'm not so optimistic of its future use in therapeutic methods . ''
[ "Dr.", "Kobayashi", "responded", "that", "he", "thought", "the", "antibody", "could", "potentially", "kill", "all", "infected", "cells", "." ]	[ "O", "B-PERSON", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]	Dr. Kobayashi responded that he thought the antibody could potentially kill all infected cells .
[ "But", "he", "and", "Dr.", "Yonehara", "said", "there", "were", "still", "several", "uncertainties", ",", "particularly", "regarding", "possible", "side", "effects", "." ]	[ "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-PERSON", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]	But he and Dr. Yonehara said there were still several uncertainties , particularly regarding possible side effects .
[ "``", "Our", "antibody", "specifically", "killed", "infected", "cells", "at", "a", "very", "low", "dose", ",", "but", "it", "can", "also", "kill", "other", "cells", ",", "''", "said", "Dr.", "Yonehara", "." ]	[ "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-PERSON", "O" ]	`` Our antibody specifically killed infected cells at a very low dose , but it can also kill other cells , '' said Dr. Yonehara .
[ "AIDS", "is", "n't", "considered", "a", "widespread", "problem", "in", "Japan", "--", "the", "government", "reports", "about", "1,000", "known", "carriers", "of", "the", "virus", "--", "but", "many", "companies", "have", "poured", "substantial", "resources", "into", "research", "in", "recent", "years", ",", "hoping", "to", "cash", "in", "on", "a", "possible", "cure", "." ]	[ "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-GPE", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-CARDINAL", "I-CARDINAL", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-DATE", "I-DATE", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]	AIDS is n't considered a widespread problem in Japan -- the government reports about 1,000 known carriers of the virus -- but many companies have poured substantial resources into research in recent years , hoping to cash in on a possible cure .
[ "Dr.", "Kitamura", "said", "about", "35", "projects", "are", "currently", "under", "way", "in", "Japan", ",", "and", "that", "Japanese", "researchers", "in", "the", "past", "year", "have", "made", "available", "three", "possible", "cures", "to", "American", "researchers", "for", "clinical", "tests", "." ]	[ "O", "B-PERSON", "O", "B-CARDINAL", "I-CARDINAL", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-GPE", "O", "O", "O", "B-NORP", "O", "O", "B-DATE", "I-DATE", "I-DATE", "O", "O", "O", "B-CARDINAL", "O", "O", "O", "B-NORP", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]	Dr. Kitamura said about 35 projects are currently under way in Japan , and that Japanese researchers in the past year have made available three possible cures to American researchers for clinical tests .
[ "He", "said", "that", "when", "scientists", "from", "the", "two", "countries", "meet", "again", "in", "January", "in", "New", "Orleans", ",", "the", "Japanese", "will", "present", "at", "least", "three", "more", "drugs", "for", "human", "testing", "." ]	[ "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-CARDINAL", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-DATE", "O", "B-GPE", "I-GPE", "O", "O", "B-NORP", "O", "O", "B-CARDINAL", "I-CARDINAL", "I-CARDINAL", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]	He said that when scientists from the two countries meet again in January in New Orleans , the Japanese will present at least three more drugs for human testing .
[ "Wellcome", "PLC", ",", "a", "major", "British", "pharmaceutical", "maker", ",", "sells", "the", "drug", "under", "the", "name", "Retrovir", "." ]	[ "B-ORG", "I-ORG", "O", "O", "O", "B-NORP", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]	Wellcome PLC , a major British pharmaceutical maker , sells the drug under the name Retrovir .
[ "A", "Wellcome", "spokesman", "declined", "to", "comment", "on", "the", "discovery", "of", "the", "antibody", "in", "Japan", "." ]	[ "O", "B-ORG", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-GPE", "O" ]	A Wellcome spokesman declined to comment on the discovery of the antibody in Japan .
[ "More", "than", "half", "the", "people", "surveyed", "for", "the", "Employee", "Benefit", "Research", "Institute", "say", "they", "would", "be", "willing", "and", "able", "to", "pick", "up", "most", "of", "the", "cost", "of", "the", "coverage", "." ]	[ "B-CARDINAL", "I-CARDINAL", "I-CARDINAL", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-ORG", "I-ORG", "I-ORG", "I-ORG", "I-ORG", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]	More than half the people surveyed for the Employee Benefit Research Institute say they would be willing and able to pick up most of the cost of the coverage .
[ "Wafaa", "El", "-", "Sadr", ",", "who", "heads", "the", "AIDS", "program", "at", "New", "York", "City", "'s", "Harlem", "Hospital", "Center", ",", "ca", "n't", "find", "help", "." ]	[ "B-PERSON", "I-PERSON", "I-PERSON", "I-PERSON", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-GPE", "I-GPE", "I-GPE", "I-GPE", "B-ORG", "I-ORG", "I-ORG", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]	Wafaa El - Sadr , who heads the AIDS program at New York City 's Harlem Hospital Center , ca n't find help .
[ "``", "I", "'ve", "been", "recruiting", "every", "single", "day", "since", "it", "'s", "been", "identified", "that", "many", "AIDS", "patients", "come", "from", "the", "inner", "city", ",", "''", "she", "says", "." ]	[ "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-DATE", "I-DATE", "I-DATE", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]	`` I 've been recruiting every single day since it 's been identified that many AIDS patients come from the inner city , '' she says .
[ "She", "was", "the", "only", "staff", "physician", "available", "to", "treat", "AIDS", "patients", "last", "summer", "and", "now", "she", "has", "the", "help", "of", "only", "two", "doctors", "part", "time", "." ]	[ "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-DATE", "I-DATE", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-CARDINAL", "I-CARDINAL", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]	She was the only staff physician available to treat AIDS patients last summer and now she has the help of only two doctors part time .
[ "Parkland", "Memorial", "Hospital", "in", "Dallas", "says", "it", "has", "n't", "had", "any", "problem", "recruiting", ",", "even", "after", "a", "nurse", "contracted", "the", "virus", "while", "injecting", "an", "AIDS", "patient", "." ]	[ "B-ORG", "I-ORG", "I-ORG", "O", "B-GPE", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]	Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas says it has n't had any problem recruiting , even after a nurse contracted the virus while injecting an AIDS patient .
[ "St.", "Paul", "Medical", "Center", ",", "also", "in", "Dallas", ",", "sees", "only", "a", "``", "minimal", "erosion", "''", "of", "support", "staff", "due", "to", "AIDS", "." ]	[ "B-ORG", "I-ORG", "I-ORG", "I-ORG", "I-ORG", "O", "O", "B-GPE", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]	St. Paul Medical Center , also in Dallas , sees only a `` minimal erosion '' of support staff due to AIDS .
[ "Yale", "-", "New", "Haven", "Hospital", "sees", "no", "problem", ",", "says", "John", "Fenn", ",", "the", "chief", "of", "staff", "." ]	[ "B-ORG", "I-ORG", "I-ORG", "I-ORG", "I-ORG", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-PERSON", "I-PERSON", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]	Yale - New Haven Hospital sees no problem , says John Fenn , the chief of staff .
[ "On", "May", "19", ",", "the", "FDA", "began", "detaining", "Chinese", "mushrooms", "in", "68", "-", "ounce", "cans", "after", "more", "than", "100", "people", "in", "Mississippi", ",", "New", "York", "and", "Pennsylvania", "became", "ill", "from", "eating", "tainted", "mushrooms", "." ]	[ "O", "B-DATE", "I-DATE", "O", "O", "B-ORG", "O", "O", "B-NORP", "O", "O", "B-QUANTITY", "I-QUANTITY", "I-QUANTITY", "O", "O", "B-CARDINAL", "I-CARDINAL", "I-CARDINAL", "O", "O", "B-GPE", "O", "B-GPE", "I-GPE", "O", "B-GPE", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]	On May 19 , the FDA began detaining Chinese mushrooms in 68 - ounce cans after more than 100 people in Mississippi , New York and Pennsylvania became ill from eating tainted mushrooms .
[ "Vandenberg", "and", "Rayburn", "were", "wise", "enough", "to", "leave", "specific", "operations", "to", "presidents", ";", "modern", "senators", ",", "Mr.", "Boren", "notwithstanding", ",", "are", "less", "modest", "." ]	[ "B-PERSON", "O", "B-PERSON", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-PERSON", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]	Vandenberg and Rayburn were wise enough to leave specific operations to presidents ; modern senators , Mr. Boren notwithstanding , are less modest .
[ "Last", "year", ",", "``", "I", "was", "off", "a", "straight", "month", ",", "then", "one", "time", "for", "two", "to", "three", "weeks", "and", "another", "two", "to", "three", "weeks", ",", "''", "he", "says", "." ]	[ "B-DATE", "I-DATE", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-DATE", "I-DATE", "I-DATE", "O", "O", "B-CARDINAL", "O", "O", "B-DATE", "I-DATE", "I-DATE", "I-DATE", "O", "O", "B-DATE", "I-DATE", "I-DATE", "I-DATE", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]	Last year , `` I was off a straight month , then one time for two to three weeks and another two to three weeks , '' he says .
[ "In", "addition", ",", "Delmed", ",", "which", "makes", "and", "sells", "a", "dialysis", "solution", "used", "in", "treating", "kidney", "diseases", ",", "said", "negotiations", "about", "pricing", "had", "collapsed", "between", "it", "and", "a", "major", "distributor", ",", "National", "Medical", "Care", "Inc", "." ]	[ "O", "O", "O", "B-ORG", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-ORG", "I-ORG", "I-ORG", "I-ORG", "O" ]	In addition , Delmed , which makes and sells a dialysis solution used in treating kidney diseases , said negotiations about pricing had collapsed between it and a major distributor , National Medical Care Inc .
[ "Delmed", "said", "Robert", "S.", "Ehrlich", "resigned", "as", "chairman", ",", "president", "and", "chief", "executive", "." ]	[ "B-ORG", "O", "B-PERSON", "I-PERSON", "I-PERSON", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]	Delmed said Robert S. Ehrlich resigned as chairman , president and chief executive .
[ "Ben", "Lipps", ",", "president", "of", "Fresenius", "USA", ",", "was", "named", "president", ",", "chief", "executive", "and", "chief", "operating", "officer", "." ]	[ "B-PERSON", "I-PERSON", "O", "O", "O", "B-ORG", "I-ORG", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]	Ben Lipps , president of Fresenius USA , was named president , chief executive and chief operating officer .
[ "In", "trading", "on", "the", "American", "Stock", "Exchange", ",", "Delmed", "closed", "at", "50", "cents", ",", "down", "6.25", "cents", "." ]	[ "O", "O", "O", "B-ORG", "I-ORG", "I-ORG", "I-ORG", "O", "B-ORG", "O", "O", "B-MONEY", "I-MONEY", "O", "O", "B-MONEY", "I-MONEY", "O" ]	In trading on the American Stock Exchange , Delmed closed at 50 cents , down 6.25 cents .
[ "Fresenius", "owns", "about", "42", "%", "of", "Delmed", "'s", "fully", "diluted", "common", "stock", "." ]	[ "B-ORG", "O", "B-PERCENT", "I-PERCENT", "I-PERCENT", "O", "B-ORG", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]	Fresenius owns about 42 % of Delmed 's fully diluted common stock .
[ "The", "two", "companies", "have", "been", "discussing", "a", "transaction", "under", "which", "Fresenius", "would", "buy", "Delmed", "stock", "for", "cash", "to", "bring", "its", "beneficial", "ownership", "to", "between", "70", "%", "and", "80", "%", "of", "Delmed", "'s", "fully", "diluted", "common", "stock", "." ]	[ "O", "B-CARDINAL", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-ORG", "O", "O", "B-ORG", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-PERCENT", "I-PERCENT", "I-PERCENT", "I-PERCENT", "I-PERCENT", "I-PERCENT", "O", "B-ORG", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]	The two companies have been discussing a transaction under which Fresenius would buy Delmed stock for cash to bring its beneficial ownership to between 70 % and 80 % of Delmed 's fully diluted common stock .
[ "The", "transaction", "also", "would", "combine", "Fresenius", "USA", "and", "Delmed", "." ]	[ "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-ORG", "I-ORG", "O", "B-ORG", "O" ]	The transaction also would combine Fresenius USA and Delmed .
[ "Yesterday", ",", "Delmed", "said", "it", "``", "continues", "to", "explore", "the", "possibility", "of", "a", "combination", "with", "Fresenius", "USA", ".", "''" ]	[ "B-DATE", "O", "B-ORG", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-ORG", "I-ORG", "O", "O" ]	Yesterday , Delmed said it `` continues to explore the possibility of a combination with Fresenius USA . ''
[ "While", "the", "discussions", "between", "Delmed", "and", "National", "Medical", "Care", "have", "been", "discontinued", ",", "Delmed", "will", "continue", "to", "supply", "dialysis", "products", "through", "National", "Medical", "after", "their", "exclusive", "agreement", "ends", "in", "March", "1990", ",", "Delmed", "said", "." ]	[ "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-ORG", "O", "B-ORG", "I-ORG", "I-ORG", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-ORG", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-ORG", "I-ORG", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-DATE", "I-DATE", "O", "B-ORG", "O", "O" ]	While the discussions between Delmed and National Medical Care have been discontinued , Delmed will continue to supply dialysis products through National Medical after their exclusive agreement ends in March 1990 , Delmed said .
[ "In", "addition", ",", "Delmed", "is", "exploring", "distribution", "arrangements", "with", "Fresenius", "USA", ",", "Delmed", "said", "." ]	[ "O", "O", "O", "B-ORG", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-ORG", "I-ORG", "O", "B-ORG", "O", "O" ]	In addition , Delmed is exploring distribution arrangements with Fresenius USA , Delmed said .
[ "THE", "AMERICAN", "CANCER", "SOCIETY", "'S", "1988", "costs", "of", "fund", "raising", "and", "administration", "were", "$", "72.4", "million", ",", "or", "23.2", "%", "of", "its", "revenue", "." ]	[ "B-ORG", "I-ORG", "I-ORG", "I-ORG", "I-ORG", "B-DATE", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-MONEY", "I-MONEY", "I-MONEY", "O", "O", "B-PERCENT", "I-PERCENT", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]	THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY 'S 1988 costs of fund raising and administration were $ 72.4 million , or 23.2 % of its revenue .
[ "Mr.", "Hixson", ",", "who", "resigned", "effective", "Jan.", "1", "for", "health", "reasons", ",", "remains", "a", "director", "." ]	[ "O", "B-PERSON", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-DATE", "I-DATE", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]	Mr. Hixson , who resigned effective Jan. 1 for health reasons , remains a director .
[ "The", "Democratic", "-", "controlled", "House", ",", "by", "a", "margin", "of", "51", "votes", ",", "failed", "to", "override", "President", "Bush", "'s", "veto", "of", "legislation", "renewing", "federal", "support", "of", "Medicaid", "abortions", "for", "poor", "women", "who", "are", "victims", "of", "rape", "and", "incest", "." ]	[ "O", "B-NORP", "O", "O", "B-ORG", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-CARDINAL", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-PERSON", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-ORG", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]	The Democratic - controlled House , by a margin of 51 votes , failed to override President Bush 's veto of legislation renewing federal support of Medicaid abortions for poor women who are victims of rape and incest .
[ "The", "231", "-", "191", "roll", "call", "illustrates", "the", "limits", "of", "power", "a", "resurgent", "abortion", "-", "rights", "movement", "still", "faces", "." ]	[ "O", "B-CARDINAL", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]	The 231 - 191 roll call illustrates the limits of power a resurgent abortion - rights movement still faces .
[ "For", "the", "more", "than", "43", "million", "Americans", "with", "disabilities", ",", "the", "1989", "Americans", "With", "Disabilities", "Act", "provides", "the", "missing", "piece", "." ]	[ "O", "O", "B-CARDINAL", "I-CARDINAL", "I-CARDINAL", "I-CARDINAL", "B-NORP", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-DATE", "B-LAW", "I-LAW", "I-LAW", "I-LAW", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]	For the more than 43 million Americans with disabilities , the 1989 Americans With Disabilities Act provides the missing piece .
[ "Federal", "health", "officials", "are", "expected", "today", "to", "approve", "a", "program", "granting", "long", "-", "deferred", "access", "to", "the", "drug", "AZT", "for", "children", "with", "acquired", "immune", "deficiency", "syndrome", "." ]	[ "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-DATE", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]	Federal health officials are expected today to approve a program granting long - deferred access to the drug AZT for children with acquired immune deficiency syndrome .
[ "Announcement", "of", "the", "approval", "is", "expected", "to", "be", "made", "by", "Louis", "Sullivan", ",", "secretary", "of", "Health", "and", "Human", "Services", "." ]	[ "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-PERSON", "I-PERSON", "O", "O", "O", "B-ORG", "I-ORG", "I-ORG", "I-ORG", "O" ]	Announcement of the approval is expected to be made by Louis Sullivan , secretary of Health and Human Services .
[ "The", "clearance", "by", "the", "Food", "and", "Drug", "Administration", "comes", "after", "two", "years", "of", "restricted", "access", "for", "the", "youngest", "victims", "of", "AIDS", "to", "the", "only", "antiviral", "drug", "yet", "cleared", "to", "treat", "the", "fatal", "disease", "." ]	[ "O", "O", "O", "B-ORG", "I-ORG", "I-ORG", "I-ORG", "I-ORG", "O", "O", "B-DATE", "I-DATE", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]	The clearance by the Food and Drug Administration comes after two years of restricted access for the youngest victims of AIDS to the only antiviral drug yet cleared to treat the fatal disease .
[ "Adults", "with", "AIDS", "have", "had", "access", "to", "AZT", "since", "FDA", "approved", "the", "drug", "'s", "usage", "for", "adults", "in", "March", "1987", "." ]	[ "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-ORG", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-DATE", "I-DATE", "O" ]	Adults with AIDS have had access to AZT since FDA approved the drug 's usage for adults in March 1987 .
[ "But", "despite", "more", "than", "two", "years", "of", "research", "showing", "AZT", "can", "relieve", "dementia", "and", "other", "symptoms", "in", "children", ",", "the", "drug", "still", "lacks", "federal", "approval", "for", "use", "in", "the", "youngest", "patients", "." ]	[ "O", "O", "B-DATE", "I-DATE", "I-DATE", "I-DATE", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]	But despite more than two years of research showing AZT can relieve dementia and other symptoms in children , the drug still lacks federal approval for use in the youngest patients .
[ "As", "a", "result", ",", "many", "youngsters", "have", "been", "unable", "to", "obtain", "the", "drug", "and", ",", "for", "the", "few", "exceptions", ",", "insurance", "carriers", "wo", "n't", "cover", "its", "cost", "of", "$", "6,400", "a", "year", "." ]	[ "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-MONEY", "O", "O", "O" ]	As a result , many youngsters have been unable to obtain the drug and , for the few exceptions , insurance carriers wo n't cover its cost of $ 6,400 a year .
[ "So", "far", ",", "AIDS", "has", "stricken", "1,859", "children", "under", "age", "13", ",", "with", "many", "times", "that", "number", "believed", "to", "carry", "the", "infection", "without", "symptoms", "." ]	[ "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-CARDINAL", "O", "B-DATE", "I-DATE", "I-DATE", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]	So far , AIDS has stricken 1,859 children under age 13 , with many times that number believed to carry the infection without symptoms .
[ "To", "date", ",", "1,013", "of", "those", "children", "have", "died", ",", "according", "to", "the", "federal", "Centers", "for", "Disease", "Control", "." ]	[ "O", "O", "O", "B-CARDINAL", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-ORG", "I-ORG", "I-ORG", "I-ORG", "O" ]	To date , 1,013 of those children have died , according to the federal Centers for Disease Control .
[ "It", "should", "have", "happened", "sooner", ",", "''", "said", "Elizabeth", "Glaser", ",", "a", "Los", "Angeles", "mother", "and", "activist", "who", "contracted", "the", "AIDS", "virus", "through", "a", "blood", "transfusion", ",", "and", "transmitted", "it", "to", "two", "of", "her", "children", "." ]	[ "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-PERSON", "I-PERSON", "O", "O", "B-GPE", "I-GPE", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-CARDINAL", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]	It should have happened sooner , '' said Elizabeth Glaser , a Los Angeles mother and activist who contracted the AIDS virus through a blood transfusion , and transmitted it to two of her children .
[ "One", "of", "them", ",", "a", "daughter", "Ariel", ",", "died", "a", "year", "ago", "at", "age", "seven", "after", "her", "parents", "unsuccessfully", "pleaded", "for", "the", "drug", "." ]	[ "B-CARDINAL", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-PERSON", "O", "O", "B-DATE", "I-DATE", "I-DATE", "O", "B-DATE", "I-DATE", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]	One of them , a daughter Ariel , died a year ago at age seven after her parents unsuccessfully pleaded for the drug .
[ "``", "I", "could", "get", "AZT", ",", "''", "says", "Mrs.", "Glaser", ",", "who", "bears", "her", "infection", "without", "any", "symptoms", "." ]	[ "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-PERSON", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]	`` I could get AZT , '' says Mrs. Glaser , who bears her infection without any symptoms .
[ "Traditionally", ",", "the", "medical", "establishment", "has", "waited", "two", "years", "to", "approve", "adult", "treatments", "for", "pediatric", "uses", ",", "because", "of", "a", "combination", "of", "conservative", "safety", "standards", "and", "red", "tape", "." ]	[ "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-DATE", "I-DATE", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]	Traditionally , the medical establishment has waited two years to approve adult treatments for pediatric uses , because of a combination of conservative safety standards and red tape .
[ "Secondly", ",", "critics", "have", "charged", "AZT", "'s", "maker", "Burroughs", "Wellcome", "Co.", "with", "corporate", "inertia", "because", "children", "account", "for", "just", "1", "%", "of", "the", "patient", "population", "and", "hence", "a", "small", "part", "of", "the", "large", "and", "lucrative", "market", "." ]	[ "B-ORDINAL", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-ORG", "I-ORG", "I-ORG", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-PERCENT", "I-PERCENT", "I-PERCENT", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]	Secondly , critics have charged AZT 's maker Burroughs Wellcome Co. with corporate inertia because children account for just 1 % of the patient population and hence a small part of the large and lucrative market .
[ "Wellcome", "has", "replied", "that", "it", "is", "moving", "ahead", "to", "compile", "the", "relevant", "data", ",", "and", "recently", "promised", "to", "develop", "a", "pediatric", "syrup", "form", "easier", "for", "youngsters", "to", "take", "." ]	[ "B-ORG", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]	Wellcome has replied that it is moving ahead to compile the relevant data , and recently promised to develop a pediatric syrup form easier for youngsters to take .
[ "Still", ",", "all", "this", "comes", "nearly", "a", "year", "and", "a", "half", "after", "Philip", "Pizzo", "of", "the", "National", "Cancer", "Institute", "offered", "evidence", "that", "AZT", "could", "reverse", "the", "ravages", "of", "AIDS", "dementia", ",", "sometimes", "prompting", "dramatic", "recovery", "of", "IQ", "levels", "and", "reappearance", "of", "lost", "motor", "skills", "." ]	[ "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-DATE", "I-DATE", "I-DATE", "I-DATE", "I-DATE", "I-DATE", "O", "B-PERSON", "I-PERSON", "O", "B-ORG", "I-ORG", "I-ORG", "I-ORG", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]	Still , all this comes nearly a year and a half after Philip Pizzo of the National Cancer Institute offered evidence that AZT could reverse the ravages of AIDS dementia , sometimes prompting dramatic recovery of IQ levels and reappearance of lost motor skills .
[ "Since", "then", ",", "roughly", "50", "pediatric", "patients", "have", "received", "the", "drug", "in", "his", "program", "." ]	[ "O", "O", "O", "B-CARDINAL", "I-CARDINAL", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]	Since then , roughly 50 pediatric patients have received the drug in his program .
[ "To", "some", "mothers", ",", "the", "expected", "FDA", "action", "is", "a", "poignant", "reminder", "of", "what", "might", "have", "been", "." ]	[ "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-ORG", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]	To some mothers , the expected FDA action is a poignant reminder of what might have been .
[ "Why", "has", "it", "taken", "people", "so", "long", "for", "people", "to", "understand", "pediatric", "AIDS", "is", "a", "major", "problem", "?", "''", "asked", "Helen", "Kushnick", ",", "whose", "son", "Samuel", "died", "six", "years", "ago", "at", "age", "three", ",", "victim", "of", "a", "tainted", "transfusion", "." ]	[ "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-PERSON", "I-PERSON", "O", "O", "O", "B-PERSON", "O", "B-DATE", "I-DATE", "I-DATE", "O", "B-DATE", "I-DATE", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]	Why has it taken people so long for people to understand pediatric AIDS is a major problem ? '' asked Helen Kushnick , whose son Samuel died six years ago at age three , victim of a tainted transfusion .
[ "``", "While", "I", "'m", "pleased", "the", "FDA", "is", "finally", "releasing", "AZT", "for", "children", ",", "it", "'s", "taken", "much", "too", "long", "to", "get", "to", "this", "point", ",", "''", "said", "Rep.", "Ted", "Weiss", "." ]	[ "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-ORG", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-PERSON", "I-PERSON", "O" ]	`` While I 'm pleased the FDA is finally releasing AZT for children , it 's taken much too long to get to this point , '' said Rep. Ted Weiss .
[ "``", "Why", "did", "it", "take", "Burroughs", "Wellcome", "so", "long", "to", "apply", "''", "for", "treatment", "investigational", "new", "drug", "status", "?", "the", "New", "York", "Democrat", "asked", "." ]	[ "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-ORG", "I-ORG", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-GPE", "I-GPE", "B-NORP", "O", "O" ]	`` Why did it take Burroughs Wellcome so long to apply '' for treatment investigational new drug status ? the New York Democrat asked .

[ "In", "17", "central", "states", ",", "one", "small", "-", "business", "count", "shows", "lawmakers", "adopted", "only", "three", "of", "46", "bills", "mandating", "health", "coverage", "or", "parental", "leave", "." ]

[ "O", "B-CARDINAL", "O", "O", "O", "B-CARDINAL", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-CARDINAL", "I-CARDINAL", "O", "B-CARDINAL", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]

In 17 central states , one small - business count shows lawmakers adopted only three of 46 bills mandating health coverage or parental leave .

[ "The", "Illinois", "Legislature", "narrowly", "passed", "a", "parental", "-", "leave", "bill", ",", "which", "Gov.", "James", "Thompson", "vetoed", ",", "and", "Iowa", "and", "Tennessee", "amended", "laws", "to", "require", "that", "employers", "pay", "for", "breast", "-", "cancer", "exams", "." ]

[ "B-ORG", "I-ORG", "I-ORG", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-PERSON", "I-PERSON", "O", "O", "O", "B-GPE", "O", "B-GPE", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]

The Illinois Legislature narrowly passed a parental - leave bill , which Gov. James Thompson vetoed , and Iowa and Tennessee amended laws to require that employers pay for breast - cancer exams .

[ "In", "1990", ",", "the", "issue", "is", "expected", "to", "be", "especially", "close", "in", "Alaska", ",", "California", ",", "Michigan", ",", "New", "York", ",", "Pennsylvania", "and", "Illinois", "." ]

[ "O", "B-DATE", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-GPE", "O", "B-GPE", "O", "B-GPE", "O", "B-GPE", "I-GPE", "O", "B-GPE", "O", "B-GPE", "O" ]

In 1990 , the issue is expected to be especially close in Alaska , California , Michigan , New York , Pennsylvania and Illinois .

[ "Dr.", "Blumenfeld", "is", "n't", "unique", "." ]

[ "O", "B-PERSON", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]

Dr. Blumenfeld is n't unique .

[ "Dr.", "Blumenfeld", "concedes", "he", "did", "n't", "fully", "understand", "what", "he", "was", "buying", "." ]

[ "O", "B-PERSON", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]

Dr. Blumenfeld concedes he did n't fully understand what he was buying .

[ "Dr.", "Blumenfeld", "says", "he", "does", "n't", "remember", "the", "paragraph", "about", "premiums", "in", "the", "fact", "sheet", "he", "received", "and", "did", "n't", "realize", "part", "of", "what", "he", "paid", "was", "a", "premium", "." ]

[ "O", "B-PERSON", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]

Dr. Blumenfeld says he does n't remember the paragraph about premiums in the fact sheet he received and did n't realize part of what he paid was a premium .

[ "Dr.", "Blumenfeld", "says", "he", "'s", "satisfied", "that", "his", "problem", "has", "been", "resolved", "." ]

[ "O", "B-PERSON", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]

Dr. Blumenfeld says he 's satisfied that his problem has been resolved .

[ "He", "said", "the", "normal", "ratio", "is", "five", "to", "six", "weeks", "." ]

[ "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-DATE", "I-DATE", "I-DATE", "I-DATE", "O" ]

He said the normal ratio is five to six weeks .

[ "The", "report", "is", "n't", "generally", "available", "until", "late", "on", "Tuesdays", "." ]

[ "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-TIME", "O", "B-DATE", "O" ]

The report is n't generally available until late on Tuesdays .

[ "If", "he", "were", "brilliant", ",", "he", "probably", "would", "not", "be", "a", "family", "doctor", "in", "the", "first", "place", "." ]

[ "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-ORDINAL", "O", "O" ]

If he were brilliant , he probably would not be a family doctor in the first place .

[ "Staar", "Surgical", "Co.", "'s", "board", "said", "that", "it", "has", "removed", "Thomas", "R.", "Waggoner", "as", "president", "and", "chief", "executive", "officer", "and", "that", "John", "R.", "Wolf", ",", "formerly", "executive", "vice", "president", ",", "sales", "and", "marketing", ",", "has", "been", "named", "president", "and", "chief", "executive", "officer", "." ]

[ "B-ORG", "I-ORG", "I-ORG", "I-ORG", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-PERSON", "I-PERSON", "I-PERSON", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-PERSON", "I-PERSON", "I-PERSON", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]

Staar Surgical Co. 's board said that it has removed Thomas R. Waggoner as president and chief executive officer and that John R. Wolf , formerly executive vice president , sales and marketing , has been named president and chief executive officer .

[ "The", "company", "'s", "latest", "announcement", "said", "Mr.", "Waggoner", "will", "remain", "a", "director", "of", "Staar", ",", "a", "maker", "of", "products", "for", "small", "-", "incision", "surgery", "." ]

[ "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-PERSON", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-ORG", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]

The company 's latest announcement said Mr. Waggoner will remain a director of Staar , a maker of products for small - incision surgery .

[ "The", "death", "toll", "rose", "to", "63", "." ]

[ "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-CARDINAL", "O" ]

The death toll rose to 63 .

[ "Genetic", "Defect", "Spotted", "In", "3", "-", "Day", "-", "Old", "Embryo" ]

[ "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-DATE", "I-DATE", "I-DATE", "I-DATE", "I-DATE", "O" ]

Genetic Defect Spotted In 3 - Day - Old Embryo

[ "Prenatal", "diagnosis", "of", "genetic", "defects", "as", "early", "as", "the", "sixth", "week", "of", "pregnancy", "is", "increasingly", "common", "today", "." ]

[ "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-DATE", "I-DATE", "I-DATE", "I-DATE", "I-DATE", "I-DATE", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-DATE", "O" ]

Prenatal diagnosis of genetic defects as early as the sixth week of pregnancy is increasingly common today .

[ "But", "the", "mouse", "experiment", "at", "a", "Medical", "Research", "Council", "laboratory", "in", "London", "shows", "genetic", "defects", "can", "be", "detected", "three", "days", "after", "conception", "using", "a", "new", "American", "-", "developed", "gene", "-", "copying", "technique", "." ]

[ "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-ORG", "I-ORG", "I-ORG", "O", "O", "B-GPE", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-DATE", "I-DATE", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-NORP", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]

But the mouse experiment at a Medical Research Council laboratory in London shows genetic defects can be detected three days after conception using a new American - developed gene - copying technique .

[ "Three", "days", "later", ",", "before", "the", "new", "embryo", "had", "become", "implanted", "in", "the", "uterus", ",", "it", "was", "washed", "out", "of", "the", "mother", "mouse", "." ]

[ "B-DATE", "I-DATE", "I-DATE", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]

Three days later , before the new embryo had become implanted in the uterus , it was washed out of the mother mouse .

[ "The", "embryo", "had", "progressed", "only", "to", "a", "clump", "of", "eight", "identical", "cells", "." ]

[ "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-CARDINAL", "O", "O", "O" ]

The embryo had progressed only to a clump of eight identical cells .

[ "A", "genetic", "probe", "showed", "the", "hemoglobin", "gene", "was", "missing", ",", "the", "researchers", "report", "in", "the", "medical", "journal", "Lancet", "." ]

[ "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-ORG", "O" ]

A genetic probe showed the hemoglobin gene was missing , the researchers report in the medical journal Lancet .

[ "In", "the", "report", ",", "two", "molecular", "biologists", "suggest", "such", "embryo", "diagnosis", "can", "be", "used", "by", "couples", "at", "high", "risk", "of", "passing", "a", "genetic", "defect", "to", "a", "child", "." ]

[ "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-CARDINAL", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]

In the report , two molecular biologists suggest such embryo diagnosis can be used by couples at high risk of passing a genetic defect to a child .

[ "When", "the", "fertilized", "cells", "divide", "to", "eight", "cells", ",", "a", "single", "cell", "from", "each", "embryo", "can", "be", "tested", "for", "genetic", "defects", "." ]

[ "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-CARDINAL", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]

When the fertilized cells divide to eight cells , a single cell from each embryo can be tested for genetic defects .

[ "A", "healthy", "embryo", "can", "be", "picked", "for", "implantation", "and", "defective", "ones", "discarded", "." ]

[ "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-CARDINAL", "O", "O" ]

A healthy embryo can be picked for implantation and defective ones discarded .

[ "Or", "in", "other", "couples", ",", "the", "embryo", "could", "be", "temporarily", "taken", "out", "and", "tested", "three", "days", "after", "conception", "and", "returned", "if", "healthy", ",", "or", "discarded", "if", "not", "." ]

[ "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-DATE", "I-DATE", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]

Or in other couples , the embryo could be temporarily taken out and tested three days after conception and returned if healthy , or discarded if not .

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VISUALIZING BLOOD vessels without poking catheters into the body may come out of research at AT&T Bell Laboratories .

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They 've been able to measure the minuscule movements of the artery wall as the beating heart raises and lowers the pressure of the flowing blood , a first for such tiny blood vessels , they report in Nature , a scientific journal .

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Almost 40 % of schizophrenic men have an impaired sense of smell vs. fewer than 10 % of schizophrenic women , reports the American Journal of Psychiatry .

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American Medical International Inc. , a New York hospital operator , will be deleted from the index at that time .

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American Medical is being acquired .

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But Drexel has made it clear it could mount a significant legal battle in each state if its license is revoked , according to state officials .

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The procedure causes `` great uncertainty '' because an investor ca n't be sure of his or her individual liability , Lloyd 's said .

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`` We do n't want to be known as ambulance chasers , '' says William Garrison , Lake View 's president .

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Carlos A. Salvagni , vice president , pharmaceutical manufacturing , will assume responsibility for manufacturing in Kalamazoo , Mich. , effective Nov. 1 .

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Upjohn is a world - wide provider of health - care products and services , seeds and speciality chemicals .

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Birtcher Corp. said it signed a definitive agreement with C.R. Bard Inc. , a Murray Hill , N.J. , maker of health - care products , for the purchase of the company 's Bard / EMS Electrosurgery division for about $ 11 million .

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Birtcher , a maker of electronic medical equipment , said the transaction is expected to close on or before Nov. 30 .

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Bard / EMS had 1988 sales of about $ 14 million , Birtcher said .

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Bausch & Lomb Inc. said its pharmaceuticals subsidiary agreed to supply collagen corneal shields for animal eye surgery to a unit of International Minerals & Chemical Corp .

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The agreement marks Bausch & Lomb 's first venture selling its eye care products for use by veterinarians .

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International Minerals said the sale will allow Mallinckrodt to focus its resources on its core businesses of medical products , specialty chemicals and flavors .

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Two Japanese scientists said they discovered an antibody that , in laboratory test - tube experiments , kills AIDS - infected cells while preserving healthy cells .

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Shin Yonehara , a research scientist at the Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science , said the antibody he discovered works by recognizing an antigen called a Fas - antigen , which is characteristic of an infected cell .

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Dr. Yonehara and his partner , Nobuyuki Kobayashi of Yamaguchi University , said their experiments showed that the antibody wiped out an average of 60 % of AIDS - infected cells within three days .

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Meanwhile , fewer than 10 % of the healthy cells were killed .

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They said they hoped to conduct tests on human patients in the U.S. by late next year .

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Japan does n't have enough AIDS patients to do significant experimentation in that country , they said .

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The announcement got wide exposure in the Japanese media , and even moved some pharmaceutical stocks yesterday .

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But Takashi Kitamura , director of the biology department at Japan 's National Institute of Health and secretary of the government 's AIDS - research center , said , `` I 'm not so optimistic of its future use in therapeutic methods . ''

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Dr. Kobayashi responded that he thought the antibody could potentially kill all infected cells .

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But he and Dr. Yonehara said there were still several uncertainties , particularly regarding possible side effects .

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`` Our antibody specifically killed infected cells at a very low dose , but it can also kill other cells , '' said Dr. Yonehara .

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AIDS is n't considered a widespread problem in Japan -- the government reports about 1,000 known carriers of the virus -- but many companies have poured substantial resources into research in recent years , hoping to cash in on a possible cure .

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Dr. Kitamura said about 35 projects are currently under way in Japan , and that Japanese researchers in the past year have made available three possible cures to American researchers for clinical tests .

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He said that when scientists from the two countries meet again in January in New Orleans , the Japanese will present at least three more drugs for human testing .

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Wellcome PLC , a major British pharmaceutical maker , sells the drug under the name Retrovir .

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A Wellcome spokesman declined to comment on the discovery of the antibody in Japan .

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More than half the people surveyed for the Employee Benefit Research Institute say they would be willing and able to pick up most of the cost of the coverage .

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Wafaa El - Sadr , who heads the AIDS program at New York City 's Harlem Hospital Center , ca n't find help .

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`` I 've been recruiting every single day since it 's been identified that many AIDS patients come from the inner city , '' she says .

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She was the only staff physician available to treat AIDS patients last summer and now she has the help of only two doctors part time .

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Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas says it has n't had any problem recruiting , even after a nurse contracted the virus while injecting an AIDS patient .

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St. Paul Medical Center , also in Dallas , sees only a `` minimal erosion '' of support staff due to AIDS .

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Yale - New Haven Hospital sees no problem , says John Fenn , the chief of staff .

[ "On", "May", "19", ",", "the", "FDA", "began", "detaining", "Chinese", "mushrooms", "in", "68", "-", "ounce", "cans", "after", "more", "than", "100", "people", "in", "Mississippi", ",", "New", "York", "and", "Pennsylvania", "became", "ill", "from", "eating", "tainted", "mushrooms", "." ]

[ "O", "B-DATE", "I-DATE", "O", "O", "B-ORG", "O", "O", "B-NORP", "O", "O", "B-QUANTITY", "I-QUANTITY", "I-QUANTITY", "O", "O", "B-CARDINAL", "I-CARDINAL", "I-CARDINAL", "O", "O", "B-GPE", "O", "B-GPE", "I-GPE", "O", "B-GPE", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]

On May 19 , the FDA began detaining Chinese mushrooms in 68 - ounce cans after more than 100 people in Mississippi , New York and Pennsylvania became ill from eating tainted mushrooms .

[ "Vandenberg", "and", "Rayburn", "were", "wise", "enough", "to", "leave", "specific", "operations", "to", "presidents", ";", "modern", "senators", ",", "Mr.", "Boren", "notwithstanding", ",", "are", "less", "modest", "." ]

[ "B-PERSON", "O", "B-PERSON", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-PERSON", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]

Vandenberg and Rayburn were wise enough to leave specific operations to presidents ; modern senators , Mr. Boren notwithstanding , are less modest .

[ "Last", "year", ",", "``", "I", "was", "off", "a", "straight", "month", ",", "then", "one", "time", "for", "two", "to", "three", "weeks", "and", "another", "two", "to", "three", "weeks", ",", "''", "he", "says", "." ]

[ "B-DATE", "I-DATE", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-DATE", "I-DATE", "I-DATE", "O", "O", "B-CARDINAL", "O", "O", "B-DATE", "I-DATE", "I-DATE", "I-DATE", "O", "O", "B-DATE", "I-DATE", "I-DATE", "I-DATE", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]

Last year , `` I was off a straight month , then one time for two to three weeks and another two to three weeks , '' he says .

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[ "O", "O", "O", "B-ORG", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-ORG", "I-ORG", "I-ORG", "I-ORG", "O" ]

In addition , Delmed , which makes and sells a dialysis solution used in treating kidney diseases , said negotiations about pricing had collapsed between it and a major distributor , National Medical Care Inc .

[ "Delmed", "said", "Robert", "S.", "Ehrlich", "resigned", "as", "chairman", ",", "president", "and", "chief", "executive", "." ]

[ "B-ORG", "O", "B-PERSON", "I-PERSON", "I-PERSON", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]

Delmed said Robert S. Ehrlich resigned as chairman , president and chief executive .

[ "Ben", "Lipps", ",", "president", "of", "Fresenius", "USA", ",", "was", "named", "president", ",", "chief", "executive", "and", "chief", "operating", "officer", "." ]

[ "B-PERSON", "I-PERSON", "O", "O", "O", "B-ORG", "I-ORG", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]

Ben Lipps , president of Fresenius USA , was named president , chief executive and chief operating officer .

[ "In", "trading", "on", "the", "American", "Stock", "Exchange", ",", "Delmed", "closed", "at", "50", "cents", ",", "down", "6.25", "cents", "." ]

[ "O", "O", "O", "B-ORG", "I-ORG", "I-ORG", "I-ORG", "O", "B-ORG", "O", "O", "B-MONEY", "I-MONEY", "O", "O", "B-MONEY", "I-MONEY", "O" ]

In trading on the American Stock Exchange , Delmed closed at 50 cents , down 6.25 cents .

[ "Fresenius", "owns", "about", "42", "%", "of", "Delmed", "'s", "fully", "diluted", "common", "stock", "." ]

[ "B-ORG", "O", "B-PERCENT", "I-PERCENT", "I-PERCENT", "O", "B-ORG", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]

Fresenius owns about 42 % of Delmed 's fully diluted common stock .

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[ "O", "B-CARDINAL", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-ORG", "O", "O", "B-ORG", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-PERCENT", "I-PERCENT", "I-PERCENT", "I-PERCENT", "I-PERCENT", "I-PERCENT", "O", "B-ORG", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]

The two companies have been discussing a transaction under which Fresenius would buy Delmed stock for cash to bring its beneficial ownership to between 70 % and 80 % of Delmed 's fully diluted common stock .

[ "The", "transaction", "also", "would", "combine", "Fresenius", "USA", "and", "Delmed", "." ]

[ "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-ORG", "I-ORG", "O", "B-ORG", "O" ]

The transaction also would combine Fresenius USA and Delmed .

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[ "B-DATE", "O", "B-ORG", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-ORG", "I-ORG", "O", "O" ]

Yesterday , Delmed said it `` continues to explore the possibility of a combination with Fresenius USA . ''

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[ "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-ORG", "O", "B-ORG", "I-ORG", "I-ORG", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-ORG", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-ORG", "I-ORG", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-DATE", "I-DATE", "O", "B-ORG", "O", "O" ]

While the discussions between Delmed and National Medical Care have been discontinued , Delmed will continue to supply dialysis products through National Medical after their exclusive agreement ends in March 1990 , Delmed said .

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[ "O", "O", "O", "B-ORG", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-ORG", "I-ORG", "O", "B-ORG", "O", "O" ]

In addition , Delmed is exploring distribution arrangements with Fresenius USA , Delmed said .

[ "THE", "AMERICAN", "CANCER", "SOCIETY", "'S", "1988", "costs", "of", "fund", "raising", "and", "administration", "were", "$", "72.4", "million", ",", "or", "23.2", "%", "of", "its", "revenue", "." ]

[ "B-ORG", "I-ORG", "I-ORG", "I-ORG", "I-ORG", "B-DATE", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-MONEY", "I-MONEY", "I-MONEY", "O", "O", "B-PERCENT", "I-PERCENT", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]

THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY 'S 1988 costs of fund raising and administration were $ 72.4 million , or 23.2 % of its revenue .

[ "Mr.", "Hixson", ",", "who", "resigned", "effective", "Jan.", "1", "for", "health", "reasons", ",", "remains", "a", "director", "." ]

[ "O", "B-PERSON", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-DATE", "I-DATE", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]

Mr. Hixson , who resigned effective Jan. 1 for health reasons , remains a director .

[ "The", "Democratic", "-", "controlled", "House", ",", "by", "a", "margin", "of", "51", "votes", ",", "failed", "to", "override", "President", "Bush", "'s", "veto", "of", "legislation", "renewing", "federal", "support", "of", "Medicaid", "abortions", "for", "poor", "women", "who", "are", "victims", "of", "rape", "and", "incest", "." ]

[ "O", "B-NORP", "O", "O", "B-ORG", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-CARDINAL", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-PERSON", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-ORG", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]

The Democratic - controlled House , by a margin of 51 votes , failed to override President Bush 's veto of legislation renewing federal support of Medicaid abortions for poor women who are victims of rape and incest .

[ "The", "231", "-", "191", "roll", "call", "illustrates", "the", "limits", "of", "power", "a", "resurgent", "abortion", "-", "rights", "movement", "still", "faces", "." ]

[ "O", "B-CARDINAL", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]

The 231 - 191 roll call illustrates the limits of power a resurgent abortion - rights movement still faces .

[ "For", "the", "more", "than", "43", "million", "Americans", "with", "disabilities", ",", "the", "1989", "Americans", "With", "Disabilities", "Act", "provides", "the", "missing", "piece", "." ]

[ "O", "O", "B-CARDINAL", "I-CARDINAL", "I-CARDINAL", "I-CARDINAL", "B-NORP", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-DATE", "B-LAW", "I-LAW", "I-LAW", "I-LAW", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]

For the more than 43 million Americans with disabilities , the 1989 Americans With Disabilities Act provides the missing piece .

[ "Federal", "health", "officials", "are", "expected", "today", "to", "approve", "a", "program", "granting", "long", "-", "deferred", "access", "to", "the", "drug", "AZT", "for", "children", "with", "acquired", "immune", "deficiency", "syndrome", "." ]

[ "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-DATE", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]

Federal health officials are expected today to approve a program granting long - deferred access to the drug AZT for children with acquired immune deficiency syndrome .

[ "Announcement", "of", "the", "approval", "is", "expected", "to", "be", "made", "by", "Louis", "Sullivan", ",", "secretary", "of", "Health", "and", "Human", "Services", "." ]

[ "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-PERSON", "I-PERSON", "O", "O", "O", "B-ORG", "I-ORG", "I-ORG", "I-ORG", "O" ]

Announcement of the approval is expected to be made by Louis Sullivan , secretary of Health and Human Services .

[ "The", "clearance", "by", "the", "Food", "and", "Drug", "Administration", "comes", "after", "two", "years", "of", "restricted", "access", "for", "the", "youngest", "victims", "of", "AIDS", "to", "the", "only", "antiviral", "drug", "yet", "cleared", "to", "treat", "the", "fatal", "disease", "." ]

[ "O", "O", "O", "B-ORG", "I-ORG", "I-ORG", "I-ORG", "I-ORG", "O", "O", "B-DATE", "I-DATE", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]

The clearance by the Food and Drug Administration comes after two years of restricted access for the youngest victims of AIDS to the only antiviral drug yet cleared to treat the fatal disease .

[ "Adults", "with", "AIDS", "have", "had", "access", "to", "AZT", "since", "FDA", "approved", "the", "drug", "'s", "usage", "for", "adults", "in", "March", "1987", "." ]

[ "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-ORG", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-DATE", "I-DATE", "O" ]

Adults with AIDS have had access to AZT since FDA approved the drug 's usage for adults in March 1987 .

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[ "O", "O", "B-DATE", "I-DATE", "I-DATE", "I-DATE", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]

But despite more than two years of research showing AZT can relieve dementia and other symptoms in children , the drug still lacks federal approval for use in the youngest patients .

[ "As", "a", "result", ",", "many", "youngsters", "have", "been", "unable", "to", "obtain", "the", "drug", "and", ",", "for", "the", "few", "exceptions", ",", "insurance", "carriers", "wo", "n't", "cover", "its", "cost", "of", "$", "6,400", "a", "year", "." ]

[ "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-MONEY", "O", "O", "O" ]

As a result , many youngsters have been unable to obtain the drug and , for the few exceptions , insurance carriers wo n't cover its cost of $ 6,400 a year .

[ "So", "far", ",", "AIDS", "has", "stricken", "1,859", "children", "under", "age", "13", ",", "with", "many", "times", "that", "number", "believed", "to", "carry", "the", "infection", "without", "symptoms", "." ]

[ "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-CARDINAL", "O", "B-DATE", "I-DATE", "I-DATE", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]

So far , AIDS has stricken 1,859 children under age 13 , with many times that number believed to carry the infection without symptoms .

[ "To", "date", ",", "1,013", "of", "those", "children", "have", "died", ",", "according", "to", "the", "federal", "Centers", "for", "Disease", "Control", "." ]

[ "O", "O", "O", "B-CARDINAL", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-ORG", "I-ORG", "I-ORG", "I-ORG", "O" ]

To date , 1,013 of those children have died , according to the federal Centers for Disease Control .

[ "It", "should", "have", "happened", "sooner", ",", "''", "said", "Elizabeth", "Glaser", ",", "a", "Los", "Angeles", "mother", "and", "activist", "who", "contracted", "the", "AIDS", "virus", "through", "a", "blood", "transfusion", ",", "and", "transmitted", "it", "to", "two", "of", "her", "children", "." ]

[ "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-PERSON", "I-PERSON", "O", "O", "B-GPE", "I-GPE", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-CARDINAL", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]

It should have happened sooner , '' said Elizabeth Glaser , a Los Angeles mother and activist who contracted the AIDS virus through a blood transfusion , and transmitted it to two of her children .

[ "One", "of", "them", ",", "a", "daughter", "Ariel", ",", "died", "a", "year", "ago", "at", "age", "seven", "after", "her", "parents", "unsuccessfully", "pleaded", "for", "the", "drug", "." ]

[ "B-CARDINAL", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-PERSON", "O", "O", "B-DATE", "I-DATE", "I-DATE", "O", "B-DATE", "I-DATE", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]

One of them , a daughter Ariel , died a year ago at age seven after her parents unsuccessfully pleaded for the drug .

[ "``", "I", "could", "get", "AZT", ",", "''", "says", "Mrs.", "Glaser", ",", "who", "bears", "her", "infection", "without", "any", "symptoms", "." ]

[ "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-PERSON", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]

`` I could get AZT , '' says Mrs. Glaser , who bears her infection without any symptoms .

[ "Traditionally", ",", "the", "medical", "establishment", "has", "waited", "two", "years", "to", "approve", "adult", "treatments", "for", "pediatric", "uses", ",", "because", "of", "a", "combination", "of", "conservative", "safety", "standards", "and", "red", "tape", "." ]

[ "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-DATE", "I-DATE", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]

Traditionally , the medical establishment has waited two years to approve adult treatments for pediatric uses , because of a combination of conservative safety standards and red tape .

[ "Secondly", ",", "critics", "have", "charged", "AZT", "'s", "maker", "Burroughs", "Wellcome", "Co.", "with", "corporate", "inertia", "because", "children", "account", "for", "just", "1", "%", "of", "the", "patient", "population", "and", "hence", "a", "small", "part", "of", "the", "large", "and", "lucrative", "market", "." ]

[ "B-ORDINAL", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-ORG", "I-ORG", "I-ORG", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-PERCENT", "I-PERCENT", "I-PERCENT", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]

Secondly , critics have charged AZT 's maker Burroughs Wellcome Co. with corporate inertia because children account for just 1 % of the patient population and hence a small part of the large and lucrative market .

[ "Wellcome", "has", "replied", "that", "it", "is", "moving", "ahead", "to", "compile", "the", "relevant", "data", ",", "and", "recently", "promised", "to", "develop", "a", "pediatric", "syrup", "form", "easier", "for", "youngsters", "to", "take", "." ]

[ "B-ORG", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]

Wellcome has replied that it is moving ahead to compile the relevant data , and recently promised to develop a pediatric syrup form easier for youngsters to take .

[ "Still", ",", "all", "this", "comes", "nearly", "a", "year", "and", "a", "half", "after", "Philip", "Pizzo", "of", "the", "National", "Cancer", "Institute", "offered", "evidence", "that", "AZT", "could", "reverse", "the", "ravages", "of", "AIDS", "dementia", ",", "sometimes", "prompting", "dramatic", "recovery", "of", "IQ", "levels", "and", "reappearance", "of", "lost", "motor", "skills", "." ]

[ "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-DATE", "I-DATE", "I-DATE", "I-DATE", "I-DATE", "I-DATE", "O", "B-PERSON", "I-PERSON", "O", "B-ORG", "I-ORG", "I-ORG", "I-ORG", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]

Still , all this comes nearly a year and a half after Philip Pizzo of the National Cancer Institute offered evidence that AZT could reverse the ravages of AIDS dementia , sometimes prompting dramatic recovery of IQ levels and reappearance of lost motor skills .

[ "Since", "then", ",", "roughly", "50", "pediatric", "patients", "have", "received", "the", "drug", "in", "his", "program", "." ]

[ "O", "O", "O", "B-CARDINAL", "I-CARDINAL", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]

Since then , roughly 50 pediatric patients have received the drug in his program .

[ "To", "some", "mothers", ",", "the", "expected", "FDA", "action", "is", "a", "poignant", "reminder", "of", "what", "might", "have", "been", "." ]

[ "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-ORG", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]

To some mothers , the expected FDA action is a poignant reminder of what might have been .

[ "Why", "has", "it", "taken", "people", "so", "long", "for", "people", "to", "understand", "pediatric", "AIDS", "is", "a", "major", "problem", "?", "''", "asked", "Helen", "Kushnick", ",", "whose", "son", "Samuel", "died", "six", "years", "ago", "at", "age", "three", ",", "victim", "of", "a", "tainted", "transfusion", "." ]

[ "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-PERSON", "I-PERSON", "O", "O", "O", "B-PERSON", "O", "B-DATE", "I-DATE", "I-DATE", "O", "B-DATE", "I-DATE", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O" ]

Why has it taken people so long for people to understand pediatric AIDS is a major problem ? '' asked Helen Kushnick , whose son Samuel died six years ago at age three , victim of a tainted transfusion .

[ "``", "While", "I", "'m", "pleased", "the", "FDA", "is", "finally", "releasing", "AZT", "for", "children", ",", "it", "'s", "taken", "much", "too", "long", "to", "get", "to", "this", "point", ",", "''", "said", "Rep.", "Ted", "Weiss", "." ]

[ "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-ORG", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "O", "B-PERSON", "I-PERSON", "O" ]

`` While I 'm pleased the FDA is finally releasing AZT for children , it 's taken much too long to get to this point , '' said Rep. Ted Weiss .

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`` Why did it take Burroughs Wellcome so long to apply '' for treatment investigational new drug status ? the New York Democrat asked .