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Array ( [results] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 183326 [Title] => RP specialists use bones of the dead to save the lives of cancer patients [Summary] => Bones from dead people are being used by Filipino orthopedic surgeons in saving the lives and limbs of bone cancer patients.
Dr. Vince Gomez of the Philippine Orthopedic Institute (POI), a group of bone and joint specialists trained in the United States, United Kingdom and Hong Kong, said that bone tissues taken from selected dead people are being gathered in the POI bone bank in the Makati Medical Center to use in "limb salvage" operations. Gomez stressed that they buy the bone tissues from donors.
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NATIONAL ORTHOPEDIC WEEK
Array ( [results] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 183326 [Title] => RP specialists use bones of the dead to save the lives of cancer patients [Summary] => Bones from dead people are being used by Filipino orthopedic surgeons in saving the lives and limbs of bone cancer patients.
Dr. Vince Gomez of the Philippine Orthopedic Institute (POI), a group of bone and joint specialists trained in the United States, United Kingdom and Hong Kong, said that bone tissues taken from selected dead people are being gathered in the POI bone bank in the Makati Medical Center to use in "limb salvage" operations. Gomez stressed that they buy the bone tissues from donors.
[DatePublished] => 2002-11-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1664250 [AuthorName] => Rainier Allan Ronda [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) ) )
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By Rainier Allan Ronda | November 10, 2002 - 12:00am
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