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Dances mostly beginning at 9 p.m., will be held on Saturday at Berkeley and Calhoun (combined), Jonathan Edwards, Silliman, and Trumbull. Fraternities that will have open dances are Chi Psi, Phi Gamma Delta, Fence, St. Anthony Hall, St. Elmo Hall, York Hall, and Zeta...
...passive" kind-e.g., the immunities that every baby receives from its mother, and that last for only the first few months of life. Doctors now know that this kind of immunity can often be given later in life by injections of the blood fraction known as gamma globulin, taken from persons who have had some of the virus diseases. Like the newborn's immunity, this soon wears off. But if somebody enjoying this temporary immunity is exposed to the virus, Stokes reasons, his body goes to work and develops the second, or "active," kind of immunity, which...
...Stokes is planning experiments to see whether a throat spray containing a virus of a disease such as mumps, given soon after injections of gamma globulin, can produce active immunity against the disease...
...Utah County, Utah, where the polio rate has been high this summer, one group of youngsters is now getting injections of a blood particle known as gamma globulin; a second group, dummy shots. Purpose: to see whether gamma globulin, which is especially rich in natural antibodies, will do for humans what it seems to do for laboratory animals-prevent virulent polio strains from leading to paralysis...
Brookhaven does not plan to ship its powerful playthings anywhere just yet; they are too dangerous to be allowed off the reservation. But it is inviting industrial scientists to send samples to be exposed to their radiation. Their hot blasts of gamma rays may prove to have valuable industrial properties. They can start or speed up chemical reactions, turn certain liquids (e.g., methyl methacrylate) into solid plastics. Their most valuable application may be in food processing, for their gamma rays reportedly kill microorganisms without heating the food material or making it radioactive...