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February 17, 1982
Nasal spray find
could kill colds
United Press International
LONDON — Scientists at the
Medical Research Council’s
Common Cold Unit are reason
ably confident they can prevent
about 50 percent of the colds
which have been afflicting hu
manity since the beginning of
time.
They are placing their hopes
on a nasal spray containing the
natural anti-viral substance, in
terferon.
The results mark the first
time in 36 years of intensive re
search that scientists at the gov
ernment-funded establishment
84 miles outside of London have
begun to believe they may be
winning a battle against one of
the most ancient and persistent
health hazards.
But they are not underesti
mating an enemy which has at
least 100 subtypes and may be
able to change its form as the
influenza virus does. More ex
periments lie ahead, first with
individual volunteers, then with
an entire factory and, eventual
ly, with the general public.
The first news of progress
from Dr. John Wallace, adminis
trator of the project, was greeted
by Britons with coughs and
sneezes of delight.
But, he said, they have yet to
determine whether self-
medication, the best method of
mass prevention, will work. And
another big question is whether
the present tests can lead to the
cure of a cold already con
tracted.
The interferon is being used
against colds induced by in
fected nose drops given the
volunteers and Dr. Wallace says
it must be established whether it
will work the same way with
natural colds. And w ill mass use
of interferon will encourage re
sistant strains to emerge?
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Kieo Reyna symbolizes the
H nijitessential success story — a
■derella tale of obscurity
irred to fame.
1 I» rowin g U P a migrant labor-
IdjlJIW,Reyna worked in fields from
lest Texas to Idaho with his pa-
I ents and six brothers and sis-
■fyiT ts. But his artistic skills were
Bent and he gained entrance
f H Itlie Chicago Art Institute as a
idal student at age 15.
■From there his talent blos-
Bed into an international
saltation.
Reyna’s cloth, silk and leather
Bstries, many of them con
tacted in mammoth propor-
ons, hang in banks, hotels and
Htblic buildings in Columbia,
pain, Canada, Germany, Sing-
)0re, Mexico and cities
iroughout the United States.
I One tapestry, commissioned
y the Black Angus Restaurant
tSeattle, Wash., is 275 feet long
pone section of the tapestry is
)ur stories high. The entire
elk weighs about 6,000
ounds.
Today, the demand for
etna’s work has grown so
tuch that the construction of
is tapestries has become a fami-
laffair. He directs his brothers,
sters and cousins as they string
nd weave cloth, leather and
Ik, often working on specially
esigned metal scaffolds that
se from Reyna’s studio floor,
i He said he has commissioned
iworks already this year and
ill probably end up construct-
ig 20 to 25.
i^^^Reyna began weaving tapes
tries in 1958, but his back-
|round in art was not originally
fetextiles. During studies at the
cago Art Institute, the Art
enter and the Otis Art Institute
Los Angeles, he painted,
ulpted, made ceramics and
arned costume and set design.
Ifor Reyna, art is a way of life,
nd that life began in the fifth
ade when he won a $10 prize
awatercolor contest with 700
ther students competing
;ainst him. He said he knew
en before then he wanted to
! an artist.
Born in the Rio Grande Val-
Reyna’s parents and seven
©thers and sisters traveled
[o ^ iroughout Idaho, Minnesota,
3ravy regon and other western
toes and ktes, “planting in the spring
e otW id coming back to harvest in
tie „ ie fall,” he said,
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As a child, he sewed potato
bags and wove odds and ends
from any material he could find.
Reyna’s work reflects several
influences, including his Mex-
ican-American heritage and the
often stark, flat landscape of
West Texas.
“In Mexico, our ancestors
were potters and weavers —
fabulous art was left (to us) as an
example,” he said.
“Much of my art reflects the
landscape. 1 want to convey the
beauty of the area,” he said.
Lubbock is also home to
Reyna because most of his fami
ly is there. And the cooperation
between them has grown as
much as the artist’s success.
Reyna’s sister, Lala, owns a
small restaurant in downtown
Lubbock and on most any day,
Renya can be found working in
the kitchen during the busy
lunch hour.
“You had to learn to be a cook
in my family,” he said. “If you
weren’t there (at dinner) on
time, you had to prepare your
own thing.”
With all his success, Reyna
admits he has not missed any
meals in a long time. But he also
said money doesn’t mean any
thing to him.
“I have no interest in money,”
he said. “Itjust provides the lux
ury of buying great materials,
like raw silk and leather, to cre
ate more art.”
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