Evening star., 1949-05-13
New Weapon Discovered
In Fiqht on Bone Ccncer
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Human Tssss Approved
The radioactive term. CaasGy padiet 70.
veaied. has been tested on mice and daS1
Tia Use in fs~ selected human eAseA OF tne
Naval Hospital h&s just been approved
The isotope, cnuaag Dadley said enis
beta and gamma rays~~ihAt IA sleetraHa ard
h!gh~enerGy x-fas&--so violently that ths
hspodesnle needle used In lf,teet ttas material
must ee equipped wtsh q lead shield 10
protect The hands Of laboratory WORKERS fFcFn
severe radiation burns
DcacfihinF experiments carried on IN &C.
operation With The National canerg Institute.
Cnmdr Dudley sad that radioactive gRillam
has been found IN the bones oi rabbits fear
hours after eelng placed IN the blood streaan.
The pathology department al the instl-
tuts." he said, has been able 10 transplant
an ostcoeenie sAFcoma~~a tamoT originating
In oone-in the mouse in such d way thai
small particles when implanted suecutane-
ously in other mice viii continue 10 gfuw and
form hard eony structures
"Radlosalliam vas Injected into one es
these mice, Twelve hours later The tumog
was removed and a marked deposition Of
gallium was found In the tumar mas In
l%.month.old doK a type OF bone tumnr
developed spontaneously on the Joint Of ths
foFeleg, Radiogsllinm was Injected sub.
cutsneoasls into this dos ana the iocAiisa saaa
measured with a osissr counter In ans
treatment - per cen, greater conesntra.
tion Was obtained over the tufnor as CON.
pared with the same AREA on the opposite
normal les"
Report on Anime Acids
Al the University of Maryland last nlkht
chemists al the National Cancer Institute
reported new and cheaper methods OF nuri.
fyins amino acids. the building blocks Of
proteins which In turn are the building blocks
OF the body. In some cases the cost Of these
chemicals has BEEN reduced more than %
per cent, according 10 q paper presented ny
Drs Vincent X. Price. Paul J. Fodos, James
b. Gilbert, Alton Meisser., and Jesse p.
Oreensiein
Amino acids I'm foods, they expiainsa all
are "left-handed" That Ia. polartsed nRht
passing through their solutions Ia rotated IA
the left. One OF them costs s4s q gram.
Pure right-handed forms are even more din.
cult TO ffake-one bringing the enormous
price OF sso. 900 pound.
The National Cancer Institute chemist.
developed their cheaper methods by a tech.
nique for separating the amino acids from
hog kidney and pancfeaa