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Gene Patient's Death Remains Mystery By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG (December 2) Ten weeks after an 18-year-old Arizona man died in a gene therapy experiment, scientists have determined that the treatment he received triggered "an unusual and deadly immune system response that led to multiple organ failure" and was directly responsible for his death. Regulations Proposed for Embryo Cell Research By NICHOLAS WADE (December 2) To a dissonant chorus of cheers and objections, the National Institutes of Health released draft guidelines for governing research by federally financed scientists on human embryonic stem cells Genome Team Achieves Sequence of a Human Chromosome By NICHOLAS WADE (December 2) After a decade of preparation, scientists have for the first time decoded the information in a human chromosome, the unit in which the genetic information is packaged. Full text of above three at (cut and paste on single line): http://www.nytimes.com/yr/mo/day/national/ index-science.html Victoria Nordli cg