Word: reticulo
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There, Dr. Durovic began to apply a theory which, he now says, he had been mulling over for years: that some of the body's defense mechanisms, including those against cancer, are seated in the cells of the reticulo-endothelial system* (RES for short). By 1946 Dr. Durovic had a substance, extracted from the blood of specially treated cattle, which he called Kositerin and considered promising for treatment of high blood pressure...
...revive and enliven the Latin of Cicero (106-43 B.C.). As editor of the Latin Dictionary of Modern Terms, he has translated hundreds of post-Ciceronian words and phrases, from newspaper reporter (diurnarius scriptor-daily writer), to spaghetti (pasta vermiculata-little worm-shaped dough) and "Tennis, anyone?" ("Ludere manubriato reticulo quisnam vult?"-"Is there someone who wants to play the game of the net with handle?"). Last week, Monsignor Bacci was embarked upon a new project: publication of the world's first international Latin quarterly...
...guardedly explained by Dr. Ivy, Durovic worked from the premise that the growth of healthy cells is controlled by a regulator substance. When the regulator is missing, uncontrolled proliferation of cells -i.e., cancer-results. In some unspecified way, Durovic "stimulated" the reticulo-endothelial system of horses-a group of cells in the liver, spleen, bone marrow and lymphatic tissue which is believed to have some connection with the disease-fighting capacities of the body. Then, from the blood serum of the horses, Durovic extracted and purified a white powder which he believes to contain the regulator substance. He named...
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