lymphoblastic leukemias of disease that typically although not always affects children and usually in the 1950s it was almost uniformly 100% mortality. often kids with diet or would be diagnosed, and they would die within a span of one week or two weeks and sometimes they would live longer. farber became particularly interested in this in one of the reasons leukemia unlike many forms of cancer could be counted and as a talk about in this book science begins with measurement. whenever you can measure something you can begin to perform scientific activity on it and this was a time before cat scans mri's. was hard to find the size of a tumor that was buried inside and leukemia because it is a tumor of the blood could be counted because you could draw a drop of blood or perform a bone marrow autopsy and in the blood you could see the death of the life of the leukemia cells and thereby you could say this is working or didn't work. was an objective by one could -- the increase or decrease of leukemia cells and farber became very interested in this. now harbor soon figured out one of the thi

and both things have been absent. >> reporter: leukemia and aids. >> right. >> reporter: gone? >> right. >> reporter: cured? >> yeah. all right. thank you. >> reporter: his only medical problem these day is involving his speech and motor skills because of damage after the treatment but that's getting better. he got stem cells a donor who was immune to hiv. about 1% of white people are, some say it goes back to the great plague, people who survived it developed an immunity. >>> your doctors say you are cured in. >> yeah. they do. >> reporter: and the medical reports in. >> they do as well. >> reporter: cured. >> right. >> reporter: are you the first man in world history to be cured of aids? >> i think so. >> reporter: what do you think? >> it makes me very happy. >> reporter: he is now being watched by doctors. we sought out a medical opinion from one of the most respected aids researchers in the world. he was one of the co finders of the virus. >> if you are able to take the white cells from someone and make them no longer able to be infected and they become the whole immune sy

he was living in berlin germany in 2007 dealing with hiv and leukemia when scientists give him a steml transplant that had astounding results. >> i quit taking my medication on the day that i got to treatment and i haven't had to take any sense. >> it's amazing. >> yeah. the leukemia came back unfortunately about a year later, so i got another transplant from the same donor in 2008 and, in february, and luckily both things have been absent. >> leukemia and aids. >> right. >> gone? >> right. >> cure? >> yeah. >>> in fact, his only medical problem is one involving his speech and motor schools because of neurological damage after the treatment but that's getting better. how did this happen? the berlin patient received stem cells from a donor is immune to hiv. some say it goes back to the great plague. people who survived the plague developed an immunity and that was passed down to their heirs today. >> your doctors say that you- cured. >> yeah, they do. >> the medical journals. >> they do as well. >> cured? >> right. >> am i looking at the first man in world history to be cured of hiv. >

i met iraqi children who were dying of leukemia and cancers, many of them. it was 1998. and doctors in iraq were talking about the uranium missiles that the u.s. army used. so it made from a waste from nuclear industries. >> and you yourself developed some sickness. >> doctor told me, you have cancer. and, yeah, but i survived. >> did that affect your motivation to produceon nuclear? >> no, no, no. not only that. i think that i wanted -- i didn't want children die, yeah. so i couldn't accept that, a society who allows children get cancer and leukemia and die. and what really makes it? our way of using energy. we can change it. >> your film "ashes to honey" focuses on a collective power or collective effort by ordinary individuals. let's now take a brief look. >> ok. >> many 50i68ders island ers have changed their lifestyles, hoping to keep the environment clean for the next generation.i their lifestyles, hoping to keep the environment clean for the next generation. city dwellers are also taking the issue into their own hands. many people in tokyo took part in a demonstra

the leukemia came back, unfortunately, about a year later. and so i got another transplant from the same donor in 2008. and in february. and luckily both this innings have been absent. >> reporter: leukemia and aids. >> right. >> reporter: gone? >> right. >> reporter: cured? >> yeah. all right. thank you. >> reporter: in fact, his only medical problem these days is one involving his speech and motor skills because of neurological damage after the treatment. but that's getting better. so how did this happen? the berlin patient received stem cells from a donor who was immune to hiv. in fact, about 1% of caucasians are immune to hiv. some say it goes back to the great plague. people who survived the plague developed an immunity and that immunity was passed down to hair heirs today. >> do your doctors say that you're cured? >> yeah, they do. >> reporter: and the medical journals? >> they do as well. >> reporter: cured? >> right. am i looking at the first man in world history to be cured of hiv? >> i think so. >> reporter: what do you think about

what was leukemia. he said, the pediatrician said, well, your daughter is going to live very much longer. they made a decision to take her to new york where she was treated with an experimental protocol and died about five months later. barbara bush, to no surprise of all, have a very difficult time, dealt with depression for a while. then she demurs from it. the two other boys. finally much to the family's great happiness dorothy bush known as torre, their only daughter was born in 1959. mr. bush went into politics. barbara became the political life. it was observed by reporters at the time that if there were slightly against mr. bush or is he lost a race car rented more seriously. by the way, that has always been the case. barbara has been devastated when mr. bush has been rejected by the voters. so without going into too much of the detail. and i'm happy to answer your questions later. in 1980 mr. bush was poised for a run for the presidency. now, just before this mrs. bush said she realized since mr

in the early 1950s, what was leukemia. and he said the pediatrician said, well, your daughter is not going to live very much longer. and they made a decision to take her to new york where she was treated with an experimental protocol, but she died about nine months later. and barbara bush, to no one's surprise at all, had a very, very difficult time with it. she dealt with depression for a while. and then eventually emerged from the. the two of the bush children were born, two other boys, and then finally much to the families great happiness, dorothy bush, known as doro, their only daughter and i was born in 1959. mr. bush went into politics. barbara became the political wife. it was observed by reporters at the time that if there were slight against mr. bush would be lost her race, barbara took a more socially than george bush did. that's always been the case. barber has been devastated when mr. bush has been rejected by the voters. so without going into too much of the detail, and again i'm happy to answer your questions

one of the reasons leukemia like many other forms of cancer could be counted. as i talk about in the book science begins with mesh mur shaent. this was a time before cat scans and mris so it was very hard to count the size of an internal tumor because it was buried inside. leukemia because of cancer of blood you could form a bone marrow biopsy or in the bone marrow or the blood could see the depth or life of the cell and thereby you could say this therapy worked or didn't work. it was an objective mechanism one could have a conversation about the increase or decrease of lee keep mick cells. farber figured out would find a chemical that could would kill the leukemia cells and launched history of chemotherapy. he didn't have the chemical. he fantasized about such a chemical. turns out there was indian chemist, a chemist born in india and he had come to boston to harvard to study at the school of tropical health. now, what he didn't know was that, as we all know, there is nothing tropical about boston. so yellow was stuck in the middle of, he arrived in winter. he

ben, you have leukemia. that sucks. yeah. ♪ everybody's got a hold on hope ♪ ♪ it's the last thing ♪ that's holdin' me >> may 12, 2011, from comedy central's world news headquarters in new york, had this is the "daily show" with jon stewart. ( cheers and applause ) captioning sponsored by comedy central >> jon: good evening! welcome to the "daily show" my name is jon stewart. thank you for joining us tonight. we have a terrific program for you. the lovely kristen wiig will be joining us from "s.n.l.," and also-- you know, she actually is in a movie that's coming out this weekend. in fact, it seems almost every time these incredibly talented people stop by to say hello to me for five minutes, they coincidentally have a movie coming out that same-- i don't know how it works out that way, but it... it... ( laughter ) real quick. as you know, last night, there was a poetry reading at the white house. i believe it was the first poetry reading at the white house since bill clinton's infamous 1996 celebration "a night with the

we know that conical odos exposure will increase to some extent the incidence of leukemia and cancer of the skin but we were in a region that we really know very little about in regard to human effects one of things about the health care is a people that are receiving their health care at the first time i trust that what they're trying to do i i trust involves historical context of that and so i think there were definite trust the since. the department of energy stacks more than three million plus feet of studies on radiation the scientists were so fascinated by this research that from one nine hundred forty seven until the seventies they can def experiments on the american population itself. people were injected with petroleum though some of the leading the health institutions in the united states the stated purpose of many of these experiments were to devise ways to protect people from radiation exposure we haven't seen and. as far as i can i can't recall any really useful information where they came out of these pregnant women were given really right there aren't to see the metabo

he was two years old when she was exposed to the bone when she was twelve she developed leukemia and she hoped that if she made one thousand paper cranes she would be killed. medical here i'm a soldier in afghanistan some of the screamers became disillusioned case. i thought the cold war was over and the nuclear threat at the end of the past it's not a nightmare is alive and well with the help of the military strategies of the nuclear powers are the one hundred forty three thousand dead if he does she need to be slowly remembered as the triumph of the u.s. over japan. from hiroshima to the pacific islands where nuclear testing took place the decisions made by american strategists are taking a heavy toll on another generation mikey is a third generation here. our grandmother survived the radiation but he doesn't want the bomb to ever be used again. but i also discovered how alone much he wants because even here people don't care enough about this old weapon other than to be the highlight of the museum. is a thing i learned talking to my friends about my activism says they don't care a

it was supposed to go to a 7- month-old battling leukemia. a stranger heard about it and put out the jar to raise money. >> i was disgusted how she like -- even showed a picture of the baby on the jar and told her story and she took it. >> it's disheartening somebody would go and take from any kind of donation jar, especially one a child put out to help another child. >> the thief only stole about $20 but she has been caught on tape stealing another donation jar at a gas station down the street. >>> a tribute to pope john paul the second. >>> the vigil just hours before the late pope is to be beatified. he is being honored for reportedly healing a french nun from parkinson's. tomorrow's ceremony puts him on the path to saint hood. >>> poking fun with the president. the commander in chief takes a stab at comedy tonight and his biggest target was donald trump. >> nobody is happier, prouder, to put this birth certificate matter to rest than the donald. that's because he can finally get back to focusing on the issues that matter, like did we fake

. >>> leukemia and aids. >> right. >> gone? >> right. >> cured?. >> a man who just might hold the secret to a cure. our exclusive conversations with the berlin dr. >> i'm

on iraq is that leukemia putin has labeled as utter nonsense any corruption charges against the bossor the presence of the football governing body is said to be investigating in the widening bribery scandal ahead of next week's elections it was already investigating bribery claims against one of its members mohamed in a month because ari is accused of offering money in return to vote next week for a presidential election but now he trails blatter knew about those alleged comments no action and says the president should also be part of the investigation he's one has asked data to submit a statement by saturday and attends an ethics committee hearing along with him and now on sunday a pair of the only candidates in the upcoming presidential election on wednesday. and in england manchester city defend a culture a will miss the start of the new season after a six month ban for failing a drugs test although several high profile arrival in the summer of two thousand and nine the ivory coast defender tested positive after city's two one defeat at manchester united on for great it's wealth h

she remembered when she was 12, her father, diagnosed with leukemia. >> i still vividly going to my secretg place, the outdoor privy, if you can believe that, to cry. that's where i could be alone. i was the oldest child. and i felt the burden of needing to help care for my father and my three younger siblings, yet, i was afraid and didn't always feel like being strong. but my mother depended on me. there are only four kinds of people in the world. those who have been caregivers, those who currently are caregivers, those who will be caregivers and those who will need caregiving. that's all of us. >> and she pled with senators not to cut the budget that helps with services like meals on wheels. >>> coming up, the one thing suze orman wants you to do tonight to change your financial life. . or i just forget. but look. this is doing fine. why? it's planted in miracle-gro moisture control potting mix. it holds 33% more water... than ordinary potting soil. releasing it as plants need it. not when i get around to it. and there's miracle-gro plant food mixed in. so you get miracle-gro results...

was made better because/worked with this man and, we in new york heard, from a cardinal dying of leukemiaess valuable when lived through the prism of suffering and illness and i love that pope benedict xvi pointed out that john paul used his illness as a teachable moment to say what he said through his pontificate, live in every stage of development is sacred and once again, pope benedict xvi was affirming one of the great lessons of his life, life is always holy, whether you are the unborn child or person dying at the end of life you are still, in god's eyes, beautiful and worthy of dignity and respect. and a great, great homily and i loved, too, there is some mutual in the church now amongst some -- movement in the church now to dismiss the council and, pope benedict xvi says let's not forget what pope john paul ii believed, it was not something we did for a moment and, it transformed the church and cannot be forgotten. >> eric: you are saying the ceremony this morning, reaffirms pope john paul ii's lessons, his views of the church, as well as his personal suffering. at one point the po

. >> reporter: carmen was just 2 years old, when she was diagnosed with leukemia. painful tests, and endless prayers. >> i was constantly praying. god gave me this strength. >> reporter: carmen, who is a high school senior went into remission when she was 5. she's also when she went to her first courageous kids event. this year, for one final year, she will join a record 58 to families, who on this day, just want to enjoy a day, without having to worry about cancer. >> i love that they've dedicated this day to mother's day. i know like when he was going through my cancer struggle, my mom was the one that was always, always there for me. >> reporter: today, car men finds strength in her family. her earliest memories of struggle and pain, but also of faith and love, and her mother. >> i'm so thankful for my mom. >> reporter: next year, carmen will be too old to attend the event. she says she is coming back, but as a volunteer,. >>> it usually costs you $100 per tests, but this morning, in san francisco, your medical checkup is free. the 10 month nationwide, aarp, and

brian's father, jeff, fought leukemia for years.ly 48 when he died last spring. >> i started to realize which things are important and which things aren't. >> reporter: after your husband died? >> right. didn't matter how much money we had. i would have rather him do more he wanted to do. >> reporter: what's your vision of the best for brian? >> i would want him to do something that he loves and something that he's passionate about. i would also like him to be comfortable. >> reporter: comfortable means a high-paying, high-tech job. brian took the a.c.t. college entrance exam just two days after his father's funeral. and he aced it. scoring in the top 1% of the entire nation. suddenly, brian had a world of opportunity open to him. brown, m.i.t. -- >> and the strange thing is, when he took his a.c.t., he did not put any of these schools at all, so they must have a way of tracking people. >> reporter: yale also sent an application. and it became his top choice. what do you think his chances are for getting in? >> i don't know. >> repo

. >> reporter: ca rmen was just 2 years olds when she was diagnosed with leukemia. earliest memories are of chemotherapy, painful tests and endless prayers. >> i was constantly praying. and i think god gave me the strength. >> carmen went into remission when she was five and that's when she went to her first courageous events. thanks to the american cancer society. this year for one final year she joined a record 580 families who on this day just wanted to enjoy a day without having to worry about cancer. >> i love that they have dedicated this day to mother's day. i mean, i know like when i was going through my cancer struggle my mom was always there for me. >> reporter: t to day she finds strength in her family. her early memories of struggle but they are also of her mother, the love. >> i don't know where she would be. i'm so thankful for my mom. >> reporter: n ne xt year carmen will be too old to attend the event but will be back as a volunteer so she can give others the support so many have given to her. ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> when ktvu channel 2 news at 5 p

center said earlier this month the hospital had to reserve a supply of a hard to get drug to treat leukemiawe've had to reserve our supply. we've had to turn patients away. sometimes we, in order to treat more patients, we've had to reduce the doses of that drug. >> reporter: shortages may not be a new problem, those who monitor them for the american society of health system pharmacists counted 211 drugs in short supply last year and say it's not getting any better. >> it is getting worse because so far in 2011, if you look at just the first three months of the year, so the first 90 days of the year, we tracked 89 brand new shortages. that's almost, if you think about it, a new shortage a day. >> reporter: what is behind the shortages? the fda says manufacturing problems and delays are the main reasons as well as drugs being discontinued. in a statement the agency told us most shortages involve older drugs made by fewer firms and says these drugs often get discontinued by companies and replaced by more profitable, newer drugs. fda continues to do all we can within our authority to resolve t

beverages served helping to provide the atmosphere, and a portion of the proceeds will be donated to the leukemiaoma society team training. if that sounds great? go to the metal in fort mason. the street and laguna intersection. 11:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m.. www.sfoysterfest.com could for $35. >> marty: kron 4-tickets are $35-- >> marty: here along san pedro road near highway 1 0 1 duggan of legal documents are still blowing in the wind. thousands-with names, addresses this is from a divorce settlement. here, this is from a will and testament. this is from a 1987 tax return. the name and even a social security number on it. it has been like this all week. carla and her son picked up papers and took photographs. social security numbers, medical records. >> this fell off of a flatbed moving truck north on 1 0 1 near the marin civic center. this document was getting transported from one to another when the truck got a flat tire. 20 boxes of papers fell onto the freeway. today, i saw a caltran up near this exit. on account for have been flown into neighborhoods. charles clifford, kron 4 news. >> marty: ahead

center, said earlier this month the hospital had to reserve a supply of a hard to get drug to treat leukemiave had to reserve our supply. we had to turn patients away. in order to treat more patients, we had to reduce the dosages of that drug. >> reporter: while shortages may not be a new problem, those who monitor them for the american society of health system pharmacists counted 211 drugs in short supply last year and say it's not getting any better. >> it is getting worse because so far in 2011, if you look at just the first three months of the year, so the first 90 days of the year, we tracked 89 brand new shortages. that's almost, if you think about it, a new shortage a day. >> reporter: so what is behind the shortages? the fda says manufacturing problems and delays are the main reasons as well as drugs being discontinued. in a statement, the agency told us most shortages involve older drugs made by fewer firms. and says these drugs often get discontinued by companies and replaced by more profitable, newer drugs. fda continues to do all we can within our authority to resolve these short

above a certain age, you know, let's pick one, say if you're 65 years old and you come down with leukemia and lymphoma and what you desperately need when that chemotherapy has failed to keep you in remission is a bone marrow transplant, but because that's so expensive, the decision will be made that, no, nobody over a certain age, nobody over a certain age will be eligible for a transplant. of a kidney. of a lung. of a liver. of a heart, indeed. and this is something that is absolutely unacceptable to us. it's unconscionable. so, mr. president, and say this through you, mr. speaker, please listen to us, listen to us. we've got another letter coming, it's going to be signed by all 21 of the members of the house g.o.p. doctors caucus. i wish we had some democratic members as a part of this group but hope sprin e

it's been part of my life since i was 12 years old and my father was diagnosed with leukemia at age 44. we lived in a very small town, and all the neighbors rallied around. but i still vividly remember going to my secret hiding place, the outdoor privy, if you can believe that, to cry. that's where i could be alone. i was the oldest child, and i felt the burden of needing to help care for my father and my three younger siblings, yet i was afraid and didn't always feel like strong. but my mother depended on me. less than a year after my father died, my mother's mother died, and my grandfather came to live with us. he was 70 and lived to be 95. my mother cared for him at home until he died. i helpeds much as i could, but i was married and living away much of the time. during the last few years of his life, he was bedridden and totally dependent on her, our family members, neighbors and friends, for all his needs. my story is not unique, but today the informal support networks that were so much a part of my life in a small town, neighbors, extended family, the church, are not there for mi

it's been part of my life since i was 12 years old and my father was diagnosed with leukemia at age 44. we lived in a very small town, and all the neighbors rallied around. but i still vividly remember going to my secret hiding place, the outdoor privy, if you can believe that, to cry. that's where i could be alone. i was the oldest child, and i felt the burden of needing to help care for my father and my three younger siblings, yet i was afraid and didn't always feel like strong. but my mother depended on me. less than a year after my father died, my mother's mother died, and my grandfather came to live with us. he was 70 and lived to be 95. my mother cared for him at home until he died. i helped as much as i could, but i was married and living away much of the time. during the last few years of his life, he was bedridden and totally dependent on her, our family members, neighbors and friends, for all his needs. my story is not unique, but today the informal support networks that were so much a part of my life in a small town, neighbors, extended family, the church, are not there for

the long term effects points to leukemia, neurological diseases. >> reporter: back in the forest, thek bus arrives. it provides a valuable link to the outside world. a chance to socialize before retreating to the sanctuary of the woods. it appears idyllic but'for those who feel they have no choice but to live here. >> it's beautiful. but it's depressing. >> reporter: a beautiful prison with invisible bars. for today, keith miller, nbc news, sweden. >> i think you have to turn it off. >> wow. i think it's stress. what do you think? >> i don't know. i'm not in their shoes. fascinating. >> amazing. still to come, the calendar says may, but with the scorching heat, it's starting to feel like july. richard: so delicious, so delicious! i've never tasted anything so delicious. richard, why are you wearing grandpa's jacket? i'm not richard. i'm grandpa smucker. male announcer: tim and richard smucker always looked up to their father and grandfather knowing that one day they too would make the world's best jam. grandpa says it like, i've never tasted anything so delicious! i've never tasted an

it's been part of my life since i was 12 years old and my father was diagnosed with leukemia at age 44. we lived in a very small town, and all the neighbors rallied around. but i still vividly remember going to my secret hiding place, the outdoor privy, if you can believe that, to cry. that's where i could be alone. i was the oldest child, and i felt the burden of needing to help care for my father and my three younger siblings, yet i was afraid and didn't always feel like strong. but my mother depended on me. less than a year after my father died, my mother's mother died, and my grandfather came to live with us. he was 70 and lived to be 95. my mother cared for him at home until he died. i helped as much as i could, but i was married and living away much of the time. during the last few years of his life, he was bedridden and totally dependent on her, our family members, neighbors and friends, for all his needs. my story is not unique, but today the informal support networks that were so much a part of my life in a small town, neighbors, extended family, the church, are not there for