Word: colloid
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...epithelial, in which there is no rodlike framework; 2) scirrhous or hard, in which the framework predominates and the tumor is hard and of slow growth; 3) encephaloid or soft, in which the cellular element predominates and the tumor is soft, grows rapidly and often ulcerates; and 4) colloid, in which the cancerous structure becomes gelatinous. The last three are also called carcinoma. There are no positive ways of curing cancer after it has leached advanced stages. Its progress may be arrested, in some cases, by cer tain treatments. Discovered early and carefully treated by competent physicians or surgeons...
...institute devoted solely to tracking down and getting acquainted with the elusive colloid, with a building and endowment costing $1,000,000, is the avowed aim of the American Chemical Society, disclosed at the end of its annual meeting last week (TIME, May 5). The project is supported by the National Research Council and the National Academy of Sciences. The institute will be established at some American university where colloid research is stressed, such as the University of Wisconsin...
...Colloid chemistry plays a leading role in biology, agriculture and hundreds of industries, and the possibilities of progress in the field are unlimited if proper facilities are provided...
...reported remedy for cancer developed by Dr. W. Blair Bell, of Liverpool, seems, on the basis of the meager information at hand, to be the most promising of all recent " cures" that have been suggested (TIME, May 19). Dr. Bell's specific is a solution of colloidal lead (a colloid is a gluelike, noncrystalline organic substance that will not pass through a membrane), which appears to have a marked effect on malignant growths like cancer. Dr. Bell has been experimenting with it for 18 years and has recently employed it in 50 cases given up by surgeons as hopeless...