European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 12, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes . Tuesday january 12,1993 Pittsburgh surgeons on sunday prepare a Baboon s liver for transplant into a 62-year-old Man who was dying of hepatitis b. Doctors believe the Baboon s Uver is immune to the disease. Man Given Baboon liver in 2nd attempt of its kind Pittsburgh apr doctors at the University of ethics panel Given the Hospital approval for. By a. T. A ii 4. I. T. A _ l Haah ii Sayf lit l>t/4ftair 4�t/f Pittsburgh apr doctors at the University of Pittsburgh encouraged by their first Baboon to human liver transplant last june performed the procedure on a second patient sunday. The patient a 62-year-old Man was dying of hepatitis a a virus that destroys the liver. If he were to have received another human liver hepatitis b would have also destroyed it doctors said. But Baboon livers Are believed to be immune to the disease. The transplant began at 11 15 . At the University of Pittsburgh medical Center and took about 13w hours spokeswoman Lisa Rossi said. The patient was listed in critical condition a Normal for transplant patients immediately after the operation she said. The liver was sewn into the recipient in the late afternoon after the Man s shrunken and scarred liver was removed or John Fung the Lead surgeon said during a break. A the liver is in Quot the doctor said. A a it a too Early to say if it is functioning a it was the second of four such operations a medical ethics panel Given the Hospital approval for. Baboons Nave previously been used in kidney and heart surgery. The first human recipient of a Baboon liver a 35-year-old Man who was never identified in Public died sept. 6,70 Days after the transplant. An overdose of an anti rejection drug hastened an infection that killed him doctors said last week. Doctors on sunday used a liver from a Baboon raised at the Southwest foundation for biomedical research in san Antonio. Before harvesting the liver veterinarians and scientists checked it for infections that affect Baboons. Animal rights activists did no to immediately return Telephone Calls sunday seeking comment Oij the procedure. Like sundays recipient the first Baboon to human transplant patient suffered from hepatitis b. The patient who also had the aids virus was near death when he received the liver during an 11-hour operation. June 28. Slain White woman s dad urges Calm after arrest of seven Blacks Charleston . A the father of a woman who May have been raped and murdered because she was White called for racial c in after the arrests of seven Black suspects a missing Navy Petty officer also is being sought in the incident. A revenge is no Way to solve a problem Quot Clair Mclaughtin of Detroit said Quot we Don t want it we Don i want anything else horrible to happen.�?�. Missy me Niu min , accidentally linked Hersell on fit her hoi so dec. ?0 Ami was crossing the Street to a a i of i v i a e when she was picked up by Seetai men. A live said. ,. A an a ,. I Iamb Lune my v. As Asli a. A i a Al it Dave Fitch if he l i a c i the Jim. 11. M had i a a i a no one wanted to believe this was a racial killing a. He said. A we did t want to spark a panic or have another los Angeles incident. But when the evidence kept presenting itself we had to face what we had on our one suspect Matthew Mack reportedly told police that Mclauchlin was attacked because of"100 years of oppression since Blacks were brought to this country As Staves. A. A Navy agents investigating the killing said one suspect had a div11mvni they described As a racial diatribe a is it White . A. His a a by u a to t said Knave a us j in died. 1 ,. V a ii an. A a. Quot ii i -. I a 1. My 1\ a o ,. J. A t Kinh a s. A a a a vat Quot a i. H r it. H Quot 4, to i i a i i us on a a ii a. A. 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The coast guard no direct evidence of the Shipwreck Petty officer Joe Dye said sunday but had heard reports for More than a week that a ship called Vierge Miracle French for Quot Virgin of the Miracle a left Haiti on dec. 19 for a five Day trip to Miami and never arrived. Quot Virgens is the Spanish translation of falling tree kills woman Eugene Ore. A a woman on the Couch in her living room was crushed to death by a 90-foot Douglas fir that fell through her House police said. Rebecca Coleen Shelquist 33, was napping or watching to on saturday when the tree crashed into the three Story duplex said police spokesman Tim birr. Failing Trees have Long been a danger in the Hills surrounding Eugene said birr who called the Accident one of the worst he had seen. A neighbor Dave Brinduse said he had notified the Nerien boyhood association that the tree was beginning to lean and made a videotape of it but nothing was bragged of death newspaper reported sunday Melissa Gomez who had been a member of the Loose group called the downtown posse told the Dayton daily news that her friends held a dinner at which the talk quickly turned to the slayings. She said said one of the suspects Heather Matthews told her a if you re going to run with us you need to know what a going on and what a already she said Matthews 20, showed off a new pair of Tennis shoes and said a ooh i killed some girl at the phone Booth for them Matthews and three others were charged with murder and robbery in the three Day spree that began dec 24.cow flees farm show Harrisburg a. A 1,300-Pound cow bolted from a state farm show sunday ran into a moving car and stayed free for More than four hours before it was cornered and Tranquili Zed. A it Felt like getting hit by another car a said Richard Hoffner whose car had a Large Dent on the Side. A the cow that fled the 77th Pennsylvania state farm show was recaptured at the state agriculture department across the Street. The cows owner Rodney Carmichael of state College say whether the animal was injured or explain its crash kills Pilot 7new Smyrna Beach Fla. A Pilot was killed when he crashed into the Atlantic Ocean about a mile offshore in a Small plane he recently flew from John Homer Messier 71, of the Fly in Community East was flying Solo saturday in me Cessna sky Jaster about 100 feet above the Waier when the plane ranked sharply and crashed a sat. Bill Marshall of the Volusia county v a department. 1 i 1 it it and r 1 each Rany a a a a a a a _ i it Ped its wines be d 1 j 4 1 i l i i out of so vat a 1 j 1 i i j i u a a a a f i in Mituk a i. A t s Pefok
