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The theory that viruses are to blame for some forms of human cancer, especially leukemia, was strengthened last week by striking evidence gained from experiments with human volunteers. Most notable: the tests gave reason for increased hope that it may be possible to prevent leukemia with a vaccine.
Then the researchers took batches of identical mice. Into one group they injected the leukemic brain fluid. Virtually all of these developed leukemia. But a second group got an injection of purified serum from the prisoners' blood before the leukemic brain fluid. Only half of these got leukemia. Dr...
The Hope. Other cancer experts at the meeting were impressed because, if Dr. Schwartz's work can be duplicated and confirmed, it would mark a giant stride against a disease that now kills 12,000 Americans (most of them children) annually. But Dr. Schwartz agreed that the relationship of...
This straightforward procedure contrasted sharply with the complications of needle sterilization and alcohol swabbing with the injected Salk vaccine. And it was free of pain and the slight risks of needle jabs. Though a few vaccine swallowers (including adults) made wry faces, they need not have; the almost imperceptible flavor...
At Homestead A.F.B., home of the Strategic Air Command's 823rd Air Division, corpsmen and nurses carried the vaccine out to flight crews and ground crews in the alert areas to avoid any break in their availability.