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In the 1973 movie Sleeper, Woody Allen, about to die from complications of peptic ulcer surgery in a New York City hospital, is wrapped in aluminum foil and frozen. When it was defrosted, the body was healed as a result of two centuries' worth of medical advances. The movie also describes scientists' plans to clone the leader of the country from his nose, the only part to have survived an assassination attempt.

Many Journal readers have seen Sleeper. My telephone call to Issaragrisil and coworkers, who report in this issue of the Journal that they have cured a child's . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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