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DIED. Nathan Pritikin, 69, health and fitness guru whose regimen of low- cholesterol diet and exercise attracted thousands of grateful disciples who claimed both weight loss and amelioration of heart disease, hypertension and diabetes symptoms; by his own hand while suffering from advanced leukemia; in Albany. Pritikin became a self-taught nutritionist after he was diagnosed as having heart disease at age 40. He promoted his diet plan, consisting mostly of fruits, vegetables and whole-grain breads, in $3,675 two-week programs at his longevity centers and through several books...
Harvard Business, School Professor William L. White, an expert on corporate financing decisions and author of leading textbooks on banking, died Monday of leukemia...
DIED. Leonard Rose, 66, world-renowned cellist, admired for the technical mastery and elegance of his performances in solo work and chamber groups; of leukemia; in White Plains, N.Y. Rose was a brilliant, dedicated teacher whose students included the virtuosos Yo-Yo Ma and Lynn Harrell and many cellists in America's top symphony orchestras...
Since then about 20 different oncagenes have been isolated from viruses that cause leukemia and other forms of cancer in animals such as chickens, mice, cats and monkeys. And once an oncagene is identified, researchers are able to discover its products within a few weeks, Frikson says...
...Great advances have been made inreducing cancer deaths without oncagene research," Erikson says. "For example, many forms of leukemia are treatable now even though we don't understand...