The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, October 04, 1978, Image 7

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The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, October 04, 1978, Image 7

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United Pres* International PROVIDENCE, R.I — Hospital , ogists plan extensive tests on a the pyJ nfical commonly found m re ed the ! ch laboratories to determine i it “turn deadly human cancer cells normal, unharmfiil ones. m e chemical is dimethyl tor- ionToftravel! or DMF l \’ S l ^ S ° l ~ • Shout t t used frequently by organic ^ Daniel Dexter, a researcher Williams General Hospital rs oftheiw Pger Williams Lrenerai ttospuai hnein PoJIassistant professor of niechcme dian ramids r the list, wfojnatic - “special inte >1 natural and anding, univt ies around t release from Interior, seven counl Sht cultural, ons included States, id Ethiopia, t Germany n ed was > included: Wieliczkii n since thel • e historicc, lack to thel >th centuryi ^S: Mesa V(J Colorado, | s and othern culture •e ninth toll e aux Meat ite of thet t tlement i only Nonej ■rica. ildcityof^ •sen ed his rica, origin ment of 15)J e rock hej a, monun evements | neen of Shi IY: The < ? of the tistic archill ng hack to{ i Gharlen iel. iland of ( in they reds of ye >f consider! icluded: : YellowslJ ming, thefi world, est^ ii, a natioi st Territoi wildlife i •enery. gos Islandsl de famous! Jition thalj olution. i, a natioi s a inassi| ■n as the t tat of sevej said Monday a “somewhat effect on human cancer Cancerous cells treated with •ian ruins die lrown University, »."*!’ W F .srL"' y , a “, DMh and injected into mice did not grow into tumors, while untreated cancerous cells almost invariably caused tumors, Dexter said. In addition, he said, “very pre liminary tests with six mice showed that human tumors died when treated with DMF. Dexter said he plans to test DMF on 50 to 100 cancer-afflicted mice. If the residts are encouraging, there will he experiments with rabbits, dogs and monkeys, followed by trials on human within three to five years. Dexter also confirmed that the hospital was launching a new prog ram designed to improve the effec tiveness of existing anti-cancer drugs. It will involve a limited number of human patients. Surgeons will remove a piece of a patient’s tumor and try to cultivate it in a laboratory dish. The tumor, which can contain up to five kinds of cancer cells, then will be analyzed for its contents. Drugs will then he cus- tomblended to attack the different kinds of cancer cells the tumor has, Dexter said. fhere is a hitch. Cultivation techniques are only in their infancy, Dexter said, and “require a lot of technical help and a certain amount of money.” He said they would not be widely available for at least “a couple of years. ” Dr. Paul C. Calabresi, physician- in-chief and a cancer specialist at Roger Williams General Hospital, said Dexter’s results with DMF are “very interesting. ” But he said that further testing was essential. He said the first part of Dexter’s experiments in which DMF-treated and non-treated cancer cells were injected into mice is “significant” and ready for publication. Dexter, 38, said his research was based on a theory cancer cells can he cured and need not be killed. He said he believes cancer cells are “stuck” and unable to mature so they multiply rapidly instead. Human cancer cells treated in the test tube with DMF seemed to ma- NOW OPEN LARGEST SELECTION OF TRANSFERS AND LETTERING IN BRAZOS COUNTY custom designs group discounts sRiRTS + of College Station in the new Woodstone Commerce Center 907 Harvey Road (Highway 30) get acquainted offer 15% OFF with this coupon OPEN 9 to 9 Monday through Saturday Tony Chaffin, Mgr. I ture and turn harmless, he said. Dexter said tests will be run to see if DMF can be used in conjunc tion with standard cancer treat ments. Another chemical, sodium butyrate, will also be examined. Castor beans cancer cure? United Press International LAWRENCE, Kan. — A Univer sity of Kansas biochemist says al though the castor bean is poisonous to eat, it may be valuable as a cancer treatment. Castor beans, which contain ricin, an enzyme extemely toxic to all ani mal cells, may be used to attack only tumor cells. Professor L. L. Houston said. Ricin inhibits the growth of tumor cells “much more efficiently than it inhibits growth of normal cells,” Houston said. Although ricin is very toxic, the oil of the bean is not and has long been used as a laxative, Houston said. He said ricin is a protein and because proteins are not soluble in oil, the toxin is not present in the highly re fined oil used as a medication. Houston is studying methods of altering the ricin molecule so it will act only on rapidly growing cancer cells without damaging normal cells. Ricin is not currently used as a cancer treatment because it kills a large number of normal cells along with cancerous cells. Ricin acts on the cells by blocking protein synthesis on the ribosome, the cell’s protein manufacturing cen ter, Houston said. Without a supply of protein, the cell dies. Houston said researchers are “at the point where we can design a ricin molecule to make it more selective for tumor cells. ” Houston’s research concerns coupling a ricin molecule with a tumor. “We plan to make antibodies to these tumor-specific antigens and join ricin molecules to them. An tibodies localize at tumor sites so we hope that the ricin will enter the tumor cells, thereby killing them.” Halloween early? Freshman P.E. major Marty Bell isn’t early for trick-or- treats. He was just “dressing up” for his dorm picture at Hart Hall. Battalion photo by Paul Barton Ray to wed in prison United Press International KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — James Earl Ray, serving a 99-year prison term for the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., will be mar ried to a free-lance artist within two weeks in a prison ceremony, a news paper reported Tuesday. Ray and Anna Sandhu, a blonde, 32-year-old Knoxville courtroom ar tist, first saw each other during a June 1977 preliminary hearing on escape charges against Ray, the Knoxville Journal said in a copyrigh ted story. Sandhu said she first spoke to Ray, 50, last fall while he was being inter viewed by television reporters. Stoney Lane, warden at the Brushy Mountain Penitentiary near Petros, said today Ray had told him nothing about the story. “I don’t know a thing about it. Lane said. If Ray and Sandhu apply for per mission to be married, the ceremony will take place in Brushy Mountain’s visitor’s room. “He’d be right back in his cell after it’s over. There would be no honey moon,” Lane said. He added that Ray and his prospective bride would not he allowed a conjugal visit. WEBSTER’S VISA' m Layaways Available 303 S. COLLEGE (NEXT TO SKAGGS) COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS O DP M MON.-FRI. 10 A.M.-9 P.M. V-/ C rv SATURDAY 9 a.m.-6 p.m. PHONE 846-7769 OR 846-7760 SET SUGG. 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