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state Battalion/Page 7 November 18, 1982 Bullet’ aimed Wood trial witness talks time it blood clots If' United Press International le group«| DALLAS — Genetic en- ler ; peers say they have discovered est 'ontliaine[elusive “intelligent bullet,” that it cajfisnzyme capable of finding tree,” hi . nd destroying blood clots. Whe enzyme, called a plasmi- whichwiifogt n activator, energizes blood landedthai® to dissolve the clotting ated ! sinceikjerial fibrin. Such clotting, if good in Jr (tee ssive or prolonged, could tlorsonititad to paralysis or cleath. ruldbetaltiB'lt this appears to be an in facilities |j|l|gent bullet enzyme,” Ken- explosivelm Mann, a Mayo Clinic blood 'o have bBtialist at the American Heart | Miciation’s Scientific Sessions ¥ ;®He called the discovery “a |ajor breakthrough.” liBThe enzyme was unveiled Mnesday by Belgium biolog- .i■nd genetic engineer Desiree ■en. It surpasses the abilitv of Rurally occurring clot-fighting :gems which are bacterial in ori- I but cannot precisely locate ■With this newest enzyme we dties coiiM ' )e more precise,” Collen dents,sonspid ‘The enzyme locates itself pesosinsttmf where a physical clot has ause of»|rhied. ' value oflllll'i the past 20 years, phar- se iiibiMiifeceuticals have been designed v when ll;JM uce the thrombosis (clot- ige the ptsBi ting in blood vessels). Now in comes an enzyme that can get directly at the fibrin.” In a related matter, scientists have artificially cloned genes and placed them in bacterial set tings to create a clotting bypro duct. The new agent would be used in treating such traditional bleeder diseases as hemophilia. “We are trying to create in the laboratory ways to help the hemophilia sufferer,” Earl Davie, a University of Washing ton biochemist said. These developments were en hanced by research into the use of a substance called protein-C, which helps the body’s natural ability to wash clots from the bloodstream. “We find that protein-C has been a very effective supple ment” to other forms of anti clotting therapy, Charles Esmon, an Oklahoma medical research protein specialist said. “Most of our applications are strictly theoretical at this point, but as we move into the realm of diganoses, we should be able to identitfy patients with recurrent thrombosis and note the level of protein-C in their system,” he added. United Press International SAN ANTONIO — Slaying suspect Charles Harrelson could have been back in Dallas shortly after 10 a.m. by taking a plane flight out of San Antonio the morning Federal Judge John H. Wood Jr. was killed in 1979, tes timony Wednesday indicated. Wood was shot outside his apartment at 8:40 a.m. on May 29. A Southwest Airlines flight left San Antonio at 9:08 a.m. that day and arrived in Dallas at 10:02 a.m. But apparently the FBI never proved that Harrel son or any other suspect in Wood’s death was on the flight. “I was interested in all flights leaving San Antonio after the judge’s death,” FBI agent Pat rick McCormick testified Wednesday. “We determined the origin and destination of any flights that day.” The FBI checked the passen ger list and interviewed airline employees to try to determine who was on the flight, McCor mick said. But objections stopped McCormick from answering further questions. The prosecution did not men tion in its five-week presentation how Harrelson returned to Dal las. Witnesses for the defense have said they saw Harrelson in Dallas as early as 9:30 to 10:15 a.m. Harrelson has always main tained he was asleep in his Dallas apartment when Wood was kil led 275 miles away. A convicted murderer Tues day testified Harrelson was not one of two men he saw standing near the apartment of Wood the night before Wood was killed but later hedged under cross ex amination on his testimony. Harrelson, one of three sus pects on trial in the Wood slaying, is accused of shooting the judge for a $250,000 payoff from Las Vegas gambler Jimmy Chagra who had a narcotics smuggling trial pending before Wood. In a surprise appearance, Charles Foster, 31, first testified neither of the two men he saw standing beside a taxi stand in the driveway of Chateaux Dijon Townhomes was Harrelson. But later under cross- examination by Assistant U.S. Attorney Ray Jahn, Foster admitted he could not remem ber the men’s faces and was not sure whether one of them was Harrelson. “You can’t say whether he was or he wasn’t (there), can you?” asked Assistant U.S. Attorney Ray Jahn. “No, so I’m giving him the be nefit of the doubt,” Foster said. 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