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November 18, 1982
Bullet’ aimed Wood trial witness talks time
it blood clots
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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.
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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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