Al c TIBIOTI r ,h lping m ny childr n, who oth rwi would have died, live reI tively nonn lliv . B bone marrow tr ns- plants are ri ky and extremely expen ive, they will probably be an option only for high-ri k pa­ tients, who make up fewer than half of all such cas , Wingard said. Seye had already uffered a mild troke and was at high ri k for more strok . In the bone marrow replacement, hi faulty gene was replaced with a nor­ mal gene, Eckman said. "There is only the remot t possibility that the recipient's own bone marrow might grow back," he added. Researchers are hoping that with the dawn of gene ther­ apy, it will be possible to corr� a child's faulty gene without ha ving to find a donor with matching bone marrow. Doctors someday may b ab Ie to remove a patient's own marrow, insert a normal gene and put the mar­ row back, a treatment that would be applicable to a much larger percentage of the pa­ tients. "That's at least a decade away," Eckman said. COMBAT· continued from page A1 orne of the problems mostly af­ fecting Black men is expected from the institute in about a y ar. THE IN TITUTE has pro­ vok opposition as well as sup­ port for more re arch into the ills of Black men. "There are so many of u in jail, so many of us not in homes with our children, 0 many of us on drugs. I don't know what else can be studied," Detroit' school b rd memb r K w me Kenyatta told The Detroit ews for an ar­ ticle Thursday, "At om point, w have to stop r searching and tart implementing solutio to th problem ." J' D rden, d n of Michigan S te's urban aff irs programs, said, "The answers still aren't very clear on how to r verse the tr nds of d elining ocio co­ nomic condi ions," / r nt tudy by th hil­ dren's Defense' Fund in Wash­ ington, D.C" found that Black male youth have a one-in-4,000 chan of earning a doctora in math or engin ring and a one­ in-684 chance of ming law­ yer. But th e youth have a OI}e­ in-45 chan of abusing cocaine, on -in-24 chance of landing in prison in tb ir 20s and a on -in­ four chance of becoming a school dropout, th study aid. o continued from pa A1 Fri dm n' J weI rs, Lorch's iamond nt r, Colortyme, Couch' J wi, ra wford Of­ fi upply, Fanner' Furnitur , rty's r urru ur , Ralph 01- lins dillac- ontiac-GM , the . unny King auto d ale hips nd orwood Hodg s VW­ Mazd , R x TV, R nt-A- nter nd Morrow Furniture in Pied­ mont, ctio , ion - tio - controlli col ion - prohibit n rda to wet � .' out h ruth rn grandmoth r' dvi. An lou i playwright, hi torian, uthor, civil righ ctivist, di ctor, producer and poe mad more famous by reciting her poem t Pr id nt Clinton' inaugur I remony. She told the audience of about 1,000 peopl , most of them omen, to guard against hining. "Fi t, it mak you und ugly and nd it informs a brute a victim i in th neighborhood," he id. "Remember, royalty rarely weep in th treets. " " what to y to people who don't love th m I but ay 'Oh, I love you,"' Angelou . d Monday at an Oakland County hopping mall. "There' an African expre ion: Be careful hen a naked person offers you hirt." During her half-hour peech, Angelou had audi­ ence members laughing and clapping as he ang the blu , recited her own and others'poems, doled DID YOU KNOW ... that may lH a Nm«ly for 101M migraine headao . A tuLly by Dr. Janu. Couch at tIN South­ em Illinois School of M dicine found. thea �ight of 62 CUOIMn uffering migraine reported their headache. Wf7"e comp�l� gone after making lou and 16 report«/, headackt paiM hod been reduced. Sex may also relieoe teMion headache •. , , .... " .' " . Get the leg lool