31.   Five of the seven patients had visible new blood vessels.

32.   Frank wanted to smoke out in the hospital hallway, but Tina told him he would upset the other patients.

33.   He twirled a finger beside his head when telling me about some of the other patients.

34.   He was great talking to the other patients.

35.   Her doctors would not talk, even in the broadest terms, about the treatment that she and the other patients were receiving.

36.   I came away, however, with something none of the other patients had.

37.   Isner said the two patients had died of their underlying cardiovascular condition, not the treatment.

38.   Lauer said that meant their odds of dying were four times the rate of the other patients.

39.   NeoRx said the four patients developed a syndrome that involves abnormal blood clotting.

40.   Often, one of the patients bolts while the worker looks on helplessly, unable to abandon the other patients.