Wednesday, August 17,1983/The Battalion/Page 9
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agan, Sur.t:»th6(l of detecting genetic de-
Ward and lifts ii) a fetus as early as the first
to 10 weeks of pregnancy
•de proviskrffld eventually replace
eceivefavo-iniocentesis, doctors say.
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ility on es:|; ur0 p e i s “earlier and faster”
com thei''inamniocentesis, Dr. Eugene
cis of cattlei.g ainen t ) medical genetics di-
e to thedo, ;torat |yii c i iae i Reese Hospital
d Medical Center, said Mon-
yat a news conference,
pAmniocentesis involves in-
ling a long needle through
: woman’s abdomen and tak-
; I sample of fetal cells from
, 1 amniotic fluid surrounding
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and "dem 00tn$8OO, is performed dur-
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ter to a specific location known
as the chorionic villi. A small
sample is withdrawn and sent to
the laboratory for chromosome
analysis.
Results are available within 24
hours and confirmation be
tween three and seven days, Per-
gament said. The outpatient
procedure requires no anes
thesia.
Pergament said his group be
lieves the new procedure “even
tually will replace amniocentesis
and that amniocentesis will serve
as the back-up.”
The Michael Reese doctors
learned the chorionic villi sam
pling and genetic analysis tech
nique from University College
of London and the University of
Milan, Italy. They are the first in
the United States to use it but
are similar to those of amniocen
tesis.
Criteria for using the test are
the same as amniocentesis:
women over age 35, parents who
previously conceived a baby with
chromosomal abnormalities and
carriers of genetic diseases such
as Nieman-Pick and Tay-Sachs
— “progressive degenerative
disorders for which there is no
treatment,” Pergament said.
Abortion during the first
trimester — rather than the
second trimester following
amniocentesis — represents a
“significant reduction in the
risk,” Pergament said.
Bell contract talks may be key
to stopping nationwide strike
expect more institutions to start
within the next month.
The technique also can deter
mine the sex of the fetus but Per
gament said he would not per
form the test for that reason
alone.
a ppropnattl
ind. doctors move the cathe-
“It’s going to take many years
until the safety and risks have
been determined,” Pergament
said, adding the risks probably
The new test costs about
$800. The United Nations
World Health organization has
established an international
study of the new method.
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Representatives of the Bell
System and 700,000 striking
telephone workers bill Tues
day’s formal contract talks — the
first since the 10-day-old nation
wide work stoppage began — as
a chance to start building an
agreement to end the walkout.
“Both sides — the unions and
the Bell System — are still far
apart in their positions,” a
spokesman for American Tele
phone & Telegraph Co. said
Monday. “But we both have
agreed that meeting across the
bargaining table might help de
fine some areas of possible
movement between the parties.”
Washington follow several in
formal discussions between un
ion officials and AT&T manage
ment.
junction box in the east Texas
town of Marshall Monday, cut
ting off service to about 100
Southwestern Bell customers.
The
holding
company is
separate bargaining sessions
with two smaller unions.
Today’s formal talks in
ROGER MEANS
MEAT
AT&T supervisory workers
have been filling in for striking
phone workers to keep the sys
tem operating.
Lynn Blow, a dispatcher for
the state police in Pontiac, Mich.,
estimated that one of every four
callers per hour was looking for
a phone number.
Isolated violence and vandal
ism has been reported since the
strike began.
Vandals struck a telephone
Pay and job security are the
key issues in the strike by the
525,000 members of the CWA,
100,000 members of the Inter
national Brotherhood of Elec
trical Workers and 50,000 mem
bers of the Telecommunications
International Union. Many of
those issues center around the
workers’ futures following the
planned spinoff of 22 Bell oper
ating companies from AT&T
early next year.
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