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...medicine) Harry Rubin, 38, of the University of California. Starting with viruses that infect bacteria, Dr. Dulbecco went on to show the mechanism by which polyoma virus, which causes many animal cancers, infects cells. Most important was the striking and unexpected finding that the virus itself, which has a nucleus of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), does not need to multiply in order to cause cancer...
...Rubin, once a postdoctoral fellow in Dr. Dulbecco's lab, worked with viruses that cause leukemia in fowl and have a nucleus consisting of ribonucleic acid (RNA). The work of these men, said the awards committee, "promises to contribute decisively to our eventual understanding of the nature of cancer...
...Nucleus of Four...
With these four as a nucleus, the 1965 cross-country squad will try to improve on the accomplishments of this year's team, which include a 7-2 dual meet record, the Ivy League title, second place in the Heptagonals, fifth place in the IC4A, and 14th place in the NCAA championships two days...
Harvard, especially in this Nuclear Age, must continue to produce that nucleus of liberally educated men which forms a core of greatness and an elite of leaders in a nation (and in a world) whose very existence depends upon men of vision...