An Israeli bone marrow specialist hurried to Amman earlier this week to help diagnose Jordan’s King Hussein, according to Israeli reports. Dr. Shimon Slavin subsequently accompanied the king back to the United States, where he may undergo another bone marrow transplant after his doctors said he suffered a recurrence of cancer.
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