New AIDS Drugs Bring New Hope By Monica Uddm • The Stanford Daily Stanford U. A set of experimental drugs currently being researched at Stanford 1' is renew ing hope for the future of AIDS and i aneer patients bv increasing the ImkI\ production of white blood cells Studies conducted by Dr Peter Greenberg a Stanford pro fessor of medicine, are largely responsible for this dramatic treatment Greenberg and other researchers have spent the last 1 a years investigating what regulates production of white blood i ells in bone marrow the body s main defense against disease and infection The drugs, known as( >-< ’SFand * 5M-GSK. already have lieen found to cure children with congenital, fatally low levels of white IiIimkI cells G-CSF and GM-CSF -tand for granulocyte colony stimulating factor and granulocyte macrophage colony 'timulating factor, respectively Stimulating factors in the drugs actuate a part of the white him si cells called neutrophllil Neutrophils act as the cell - first line of defense against bacterial infection and thus prevent their destruction Because chemotherapy often destroys Isith cancer cells and white blood cells along with other essential tissue, many cancer patients an' toned to discontinue treatment to decrease the nsk of infection Some AIDS patients also are susceptible to this phe nontenon, as AZT a drug used to treat this disease, has lieen found to decrease white cell counts among its users How ever, the experimental drugs help build w bite blood cells and counteract the negative effects ot these treatments "With these drugs we can use higher doses of chemotherapy and A/T to improve cure rates " (Ireenherg confirmed "The main purpose * oft he drugs is as an adjunct to standard chemotherapy" and to “treat patients at previously unattain able lev els," Greenberg said Studies investigating the drugs potential m treating patients in early stages of leukemia also are under way L BRIEFLY Cupid's Campus Mankato State U. in Minnesota will he the envy of every student smoother this Valentine's Day because it boasts the world record for the most couples kissing at once To win official recognition from the Guiness Book of World Records, participants kicked lips on the school’s rugby field f<r 10 seconds during an event calk'd "Kiss Off MSI ’ l*ucker Breaker Ik I * Some of the 2H8 kissing couplet* met for tin first time during the event Sponsored by Mankato’s student newspaper, The Reporter, the MSU students made Syracuse l' kiss their old record goodbye; SU set the former record with about 400 participants last summer • The Reporter, Mankato State L' Dying Continued from page 16 visible sports figures who push the prod acts and are known for using tobaeeo products themselves Because chewing tobacco usually is placed in the same part of the mouth when it is chewed, the exposed part of the mouth is s.ituratd with the tobacco and lesions can result, he said "As .1 result of more tobacco use in men. two to three times as many men develop oral cancer compared to w omen, he said Warning signs white patches in the mouth, followed by sores or ulcers that do not heal after a reasonable amount ol time. "II the time 1 let ween when the lesion is detected and removed is short, most lesions are curable." Yugrin said Yugnn said any amount ot good oral hygiene helps, but it cannot delend against the constant exposure the mouth receives w hen tobacco products are used If the use of tobacco products is stopped, for each year that goes by ihe risk of cancer decreases Continued from page 16 after you graduate." Haskins said And then there are academic factors "The percentage is very high that ath letes who go pro early are in some sort of academic trouble or are struggling with the hooks, or it's not something they realh enjov." said Iowa coach Tom Davis. 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