"Switch’ May Be Answer
To Curing Anemia Forms
Aggies Obtain Scholarships
From San Antonio Fund
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A biological switch which “turns
on” genes to produce a certain
type of hemoglobin ultimately
may offer the possibility of cur
ing forms of anemia, a scientist
told participants in the American
Institute of Biological Sciences
meetings here.
While such a cure is not now at
hand, Samuel H. Boyer IV, as
sociate professor of medicine at
the Johns Hopkins University
School of Medicine, told biologists
at A&M that experiments with
sheep have shown that a mechan
ism exists by which certain genes
can be stimulated to make a par
ticular type of hemoglobin — the
substance which carries oxygen
to body cells.
At the moment, the switch
works only one way. If it can be
reversed through research,
“There would exist a potentially
currative measure for individ
uals homozygous for mutant
adult proteins such as sickle cell
hemoglobin,” said Dr. Boyer in
the Wilhelmine Key Invitational
Lecture before the American
Genetic Association.
In a prior interview, Dr. Boyer
explained that both sheep and
humans produce a “fetal hemo
globin” in about the first six
months of life and that this is
later replaced by an adult type of
hemoglobin.
Problems of anemia occur in
adult-type hemoglobin. If anemic
individuals could be encouraged
to produce more fetal hemoglobin,
the problem would be solved.
Plasma from anemic sheep cause
healthy sheep of a particular
strain to produce anemic-type
hemoglobin.
While this prospect is interest
ing, what is more exciting to biol
ogists is the presently unknown
substance in the plasma which
seems able to “turn on” genes.
This, in turn, seems to indicate
an area in which actual modifi
cation of living things might be
achieved.
“We now have a model for re-
differentiatihg the individual,”
declared Dr. Boyer. (Differentia
tion is the process by which cells
“know” to become hair, or eyes,
or certain types of hemoglobin).
“We’re taking what may be a
naive point of view in assuming
there may be a whole family of
switch substances,” said Dr. Boy-
In general, advances such as
this bring the prospect of modi
fication of humans very near, he
said.
“One can imagine that we could
make people brighter, or happier,
or duller or stronger. We can
Commandant’s
Reception for
Cadets Slated
A commandant’s reception for
cadet officers attending the pre-
1967-68 school year cadet com
mander’s conference at A&M will
highlight early September activi
ties.
Col. Jim McCoy, commandant,
announced 300 guests have been
invited to the 7-9 p.m. reception
in the Memorial Student Center
Assembly Room Sept. 11.
A receiving line headed by
President Earl Rudder will wel
come 150 cadet officers, includ
ing the Corps staff, Aggie Band
drum majors, yell leaders and all
company and squadron command
ers, executive and supply officers.
Also in the line will be Dean of
Students James P. Hannigan,
Academic Vice President Wayne
C. Hall, Business Affairs Vice
President Tom D. Cherry, Vice
President for Research A. D.
Suttle Jr., Colonel McCoy, Col.
Vernon L. Head, professor of
aerospace studies, and their
wives.
“The invitation list includes all
deans, department heads and fac
ulty advisors of corps units,” Col
onel McCoy noted. Also attend
ing will be all officers assigned
to Army and Air Force instruc
tor units at A&M.
At the commander’s conference,
Colonel McCoy will discuss his
concept of operations for the com
ing year and provide orientation
on various Corps life aspects, in
cluding housing changes.
Company and squadron exec
utive officers will arrive early
Sept. 9 to receive incoming fresh
men who did not participate in
summer conferences. The com
mandant said all military advis
ors will be working in the corps
area.
change man’s evolution. This is
going to happen and we have two
basic problems to face:
“The intelligent use of energy
and the intelligent alteration of
ourselves.”
Dr. Boyer has been secretary
of the American Society of Hu
man Genetics and is a member of
a number of scientific organiza
tions.
By Tuesday, more than 3,000
persons had arrived at Texas
A&M for the 18th annual meet
ings of the AIBS.
On Thursday and Friday, Agri
culture Secretary Orville L. Free
man will tour a number of Texas
cities, including Hearne, Rosebud,
Waco, Temple, Huntsville and
Houston.
More than 1,070 scientific pa
pers are being given in the meet
ings which last through Friday.
The George W. Brackenridge
Foundation of San Antonio has
awarded 1967-68 scholarships to
nine Texas A&M University stu
dents from the Alamo City area.
Eight $250 per semester awards
and one $312.50 to Raymond
Cheser will be awarded. Cheser
will be an undergraduate in chem
istry, enrolling at A&M the first
time in September.
Recipients selected for renewal
by the Brackenridge Foundation
include Kenneth N. Gray in vet
erinary medicine; seniors Clar
ence T. Daugherty, civil engineer
ing; Narcisso Ramirez, math, and
Edward R. Slocum, chemical en
gineering.
Also, juniors Dennis Dunkle-
berger, physics, and Walter
Riggs, animal science, and sopho
mores Michael Evans, physics,
and Erwin L. Grams, electrical
engineering.
The Brackenridge Foundation
presentation to A&M, which will
administer scholarships through
the Student Aid Office, was made
by Gilbert M. Denman Jr., trus
tee.
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