Word: molds
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...most hopeful clues have led to dead ends. Last week, however, a U.S. researcher suggested an exotic explanation for the high incidence of stomach cancer among Koreans and other Far Eastern peoples. The culprit, Dr. David J. Seel told the James Ewing Society in Manhattan, may be a mold used in the preparation of a favorite Oriental delicacy, soya paste...
...Center in Chonju, South Korea, described the annual ritual of making soy sauce and soya paste. Each winter, virtually every household makes loaves of soybean mash and stores them in a cool, dark place, often under the eaves, so that they will get moldy. To make sure that the mold develops, some Koreans buy a pure culture and spread it on their loaves. By early spring, a furry black or gray growth covers the mash. The Koreans scrape off this "exuberant fungus," as Seel described it, and soak the loaves in brine for a month. Then they pour...
...trouble, Seel suggests, may be twofold. The most widely used mold is Aspergillus flavus, some growths of which secrete substances called aflatoxins. For some animals, these are among the most powerful cancer-causing agents known. Moreover, says Seel, the stomach lining seems especially liable to damage, including cancer, in those with vitamin A deficiency. Among Koreans who had both low vitamin A readings and a high consumption of soya paste, stomach cancer was twice as common as among other groups...
...almost a compulsive talker," he confessed to TIME Correspondent Robert Anson last week. "I love talking with people, trying to mold attitudes, change social value systems and get people involved in solving urban problems. In one telecast 1 can talk to more people than I have in the past two years...
...Europe, the Quartette Italiano and the Amadeus Quartet are perhaps the best examples of the traditional Old World ensemble. In the U.S., a first-rate group like the Juilliard has proved that American string players are the equal of any produced out of the classic European mold. Yet, in the minds of many chamber music connoisseurs, another group comes even closer to the elegant perfection of the old Budapest: the Guarneri String Quartet, which made its New York debut...