Word: cancerous
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...course. He often involves his undergraduates, as well as his graduate students, in his projects. Kafatos is investigating both how cells become specialized and how they sometimes change from one specific function to another. These questions are crucial for man's understanding of the cell's nature. Furthermore, since cancerous cells are previously normal ones which, for some reason, begin to change and spread wildly, his research may eventually prove to be valuable in the fight against cancer...
...stopped the synthesis of all RNA by treating the cells with the specific antibiotic Actinomycin D, which is, incidentally, used to stop the growth of cancer cells. From then on, all protein synthesis depended on pre-existing messengers. He detected new protein molecules by exposing the cells to radioactive amino acids, which are incorporated into any protein the cell synthesizes. Kafatos has made thin sections of the cell and covered them with a thin photographic film. The radioactivity behaves like light and activated the film. His process is called autoradiography. He could then develop the film, count the activated silver...
Kafatos is right now engaged in further experiments with the new salt, to test that informosomes actually do exist. It has been suggested that cancer is a special case of a cell's function being transformed by a virus. A cancer cell has broken out of the normal limits on its growth and function. If scientists can discover what makes cells less stable in their commitment to a limited, differentiated career, and thus more liable to become cancerous, he might be able to find ways to treat this process. Yet Kafatos repeatedly emphasizes the fact that he is still distant...
...chugged down the Ulanga in their 1951 movie, well, something had to be done. So Reeve flew to Nairobi, bought the old girl for $750, now plans to refurbish her for $10,000 more and haul the craft around the country to help raise money for the East African Cancer Fund. "It's a fun thing to do," explains Reeve, "and I've bought a legend...
Died. Harold L. Gray, 74, creator of little Orphan Annie, the oldest babe (44) in the comic-strip woods; of cancer; in San Diego, Calif. Moonfaced and round-eyed, gold of hair and heart sweet little Annie lived in a nether world of town bullies and murderous Russian spies, karate chops and megaton bombs. And for those readers who followed Annie's antics in some 400 papers and sometimes wondered how a nice girl could get into all that trouble. Harold Gray had a ready answer: "Sweetness and light-who the hell wants it? Murder, rape and arson. That...