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HEALTH. EDUCATION. AND WELFARE November 12, 1969 Vol. XXJ, No. 23

NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH

Dr. John R. Seal Named New Scientific Director In NIAID Reorganization

To provide unified leadership for direct research-which includes its intramural laboratories and collab­orative programs-the National In­stitute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases recently consolidated these

As Scientific Director, Dr. Seol will coordinate NIAID's intramural and collaborative research programs.

research programs under a Scien­tific Director.

The reorganization, designed to make the most effective use of available pernonnel and funds, was announced last week by Dr. Dor­land J. Davis, NIAID Di.rector.

Changes made under the new or­ganization include:

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CFC at NIH Reaches 78.5 Percent of Goal

As reported on Oct. 31, the Com­bined Federal Campaign at NIH has achieved 78.5 percent of its goal of $190,000. A total of $149,138 has been collected.

Five groups have gone beyond their quota; they arc: DRG, 100.9 percent; NICHD, 124.9 percent; NIGMS, 136.5 percent; NIEHS, 169.2 percent, and the Fogarty In­ternational Center, 169.2 percent. Unit Collected Quota OD/ ADA $23,135.15 $29,697 DBS 3,311.75 4,598 NCI 15,530.00 26,657 NIDR 4,930.98 6,384 N IAMD 6,861.35 14,877 DRG 10,030.10 9,937 cc 9,356.J); 15,143 NICHD 7,309.00 5,852 NIGMS 5,420.00 3,971 NIAID 6,861.35 8,588 NINDS 7,914.35 11,837 NEI 681.00 1,406 NIEHS 1,575.50 684 BEMT 17,716.33 15,903 NHI 6,585.63 11,305 DRS 6,431.00 8,569 DCRT 3,965.00 5,567 F IC 1,575.50 931 NLM 7,721.50 8,094

The R&W sponsored CFC draw­ing was held Friday, Oct. 31.

Awards were won by Juliette Harvey, NINDS, first prize of $50, and Marie Perrell, NIGMS, and LeRoy Pailen, CC, each won $25.

NIH Scientists Brief Press on Hepatitis, Meningitis Research, and Rubella Program

Scientists at NIH recently met with the press to outline the latest developments in hepatitis and meningitis research, and to report on the progress of the rubella vaccination program.

The briefing was held in con­junction with the annual meeting of the National Institute of Al­lergy and Infectious Diseases vac­cine development contractors.

Three major points emerged from the session which was arranged by the NIAID Information Office.

Dr. Malcolm S. Artenstein of the Walter Reed Anny Im;titute of Research described the progress made by U.S. Army investigators in the development of an experi­mental vaccine against one of the three types of meningococcal men-

ingitis, the Group C strain. He reported that, of the three

strains, Group A was the common cause of meningitis epidemics in military and civilian populations during World \¥ar II years.

B~r the late 1950's, Group B or­ganisms predominated in the dis­ease which attacks the brain and central nervous system.

However, he explained that in the last 3 years the Group C men­ingococcus has become the most

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RESEARCH BUILDINGS 36 AND 37

Dedication ceremonies far Buildings 36 and 37 will be held in the plaxa between the bui ldings. At left is the cafeteria {Bldg. 35) where the cere­monies will be held in event of inclement weather.

Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfa1-e Robert H. Finch will deliver the principal address at dedication ceremonies Nov. 18 for Re­search Buildings 36 and 37.

More than 600 guests, including members of Congress, Federal agency heads, members of the scientific community, and Maryland and Montgomery County government and business officials, have been invited to attend.

The two specially designed NIH laboratory buildings, located on the west side of the reservation off Old Georgetown Road, will provide needed research facilities for the Nat ional Cancer Instiitutc (Bldg.

Secretary Finch, in his first official visit to NIH on Nov. 18, will deliver the dedicatory oddre,s.

37), and the National Institute of Mental Health and the National Institute of Neurological Disea.ses and Stroke (Bldg. 36).

The ceremonies are scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. in the plaza be­tween the buildings. In the event of inclement weather they will be transferred to the cafeteria in Bldg·. 35.

The program will open ,vith a presentation of The Colors by a color guard from the Military Dis­trict of Washington.

Dr. Marston to Preside Dr. Robert Q. Marston, NIH Di­

rector, will preside and introduce the distinguished guests.

Robert H. Finch, DREW Secre­tary, will deliver the dedication address.

The Rev. LeRoy G. Kerney, chief of the Spiritual Ministry Depart­ment, Clinical Center, will p1·0-

nounce the invocation. Music for the occasion will be

provided by the 80-member Walter Johnson High School Band, under the direction of Gilbert Muir.

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Page 2 November 12, 1969 THE NIH RECORD

Published biweekly at Bethesda, Md., by the Publications and Reports Branch, Office of Information, for the information of employees of the National Institutes of Health, Department of Health, E ducation, and Welfare, and circulated by request to interested writers and to investi­gators in the field of biomedical and related research. The content is reprintable without permission. Pictures are available on request. The NIH Record reserves the right to make corrections, changes or dele­tions in submitted copy in conformity with the policies of the paper and the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare .

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Staff Correspondents

Bari Attis, NINDS; Robert Aver y, NCI; Lloyd Blevins, NICHD; Thomas Bowers, CC; Katie Broberg, NIA MD; Art Bumet, HMES; Helene Doying, DRR; Florence F oelak, BEMT/OD; Sue H annon, NIDR; Marjorie Hoagland, NIMH; Elizabeth Y. J ames, NIEHS; Paul Kelly, NLM; Robert Knickerbocker, DRS; Laura May Kress, DAHM; Betty Kuster, DCRT; Evelyn Lazzari, DN; Jan Logan, FIC; Carolyn Niblett, DDH; Marion Oakleaf, DRG; Faye Peterson, DBS; Richard Schroder, ADA; Anne Tisiker, NHI; Pat Vienna, NIAID; Wan­da Warddell, NIGMS; Beverly Warran, DERF; Eleanor Wesolowski, DPM.

NIH Television, Radio Program Schedule

Television NIH REPORTS

WRC, Channel 4 Fall series dates to be an­nounced.

Radio

DISCUSSION: NIH

WGMS, AM-570- FM Stereo 103.5- Friday evenings­About 9:15 p.m.

November 14 Arthur Campbell, deputy di­

rector, Center for Popula­tion Research, NICHD

Subject: Social Aspects of Population Problems

November 21 Dr. Norman Talal, senior in­

vestigator, NIAMD Subject: Arthritis and

Rheumatism Interview takes place during in­

termission, Library of Congress Chamber Music Series.

NIAID Sponsors 2-Week Course on Tissue Typing

Tissue-typing-generally consid­ered the key to success in organ transplanta:tion- was the subject of a 2-week course sponsored by the Transplantation Immunology Branch of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

The sessions of this Third An­nual Workshop were held Oct. 20-31 at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda.

More than 80 scientists partici­pated th~s year as ob11Crvers or

ID Cards at NIH Library Now at Circulation Desk For Authorized Users

NIH Library Identification Cards are now available at the Circula­tion Desk for NIH personnel and others involved in intramural pro­grams.

Effective Nov. 17, library serv­ices available 011 the premises will be provided only upon presentation of these cards. Cards Used for Books

The NIH Library Identification Cards will, for example, be used to borrow books and journals at t he Circulation Desk, and to obtain photocopies.

The present Library Copy Serv­ices procedure involving the use of coupons accompanying requests from users will continue.

Requests for library materials received th.rough the NIH mail or tube syst.em will continue to be pro­cessed without the I.D. Card.

Authorized Library users who have applied for an Identification Card will not be denied services because the Card is not in their possession.

two-man workshop ~a.ms, a sig­nificant increase over the 36 who attended last year. Twenty-eight medical institutions in the U.S., Canada, E ngland, Norway, Spain, and P eru were represented.

Participants were selected on the basis of individual qualifications and the 11eed for t issue-typing fa­cilities in certain areas. The 13 instructors arc leading scienllists within this field.

The program primarily stressed tissue typing tecbJ1iques.

'Davis Plan' Heralds Christmas Season, A Time to Help NIH Patient Welfare Fund

Mory Deon Aber, CC Sociol Work Deportment, listens otte ntive ly to a young patient's request for o certain present this Christmos. It cou ld be o visit from his mother, o long distance call home, or o speciol t o y thot only o little boy might think of . Chances are good he'll have his gift made possible by the NIH Patient Welfore Fund.

It's almost that joyous t ime of the year again-the Christmas Sea­son- the time when everyone wants to g ive.

There is a way that many NIH employees have found to help others via the "Davis Plan," a method of aiding the Patient Welfare Fund. The idea was born almost 10 years ago.

James B. Davis, Director, Office of Administrative Services, think­ing of the amount of money he was spending annually on Ch1ist­mas cards for about 200 co-work­ers, decided the money might in­stead be used to help people.

Mr. Davis chose to do just that via the NIH Patient We lfare Fund. He passed the idea along to his co­wo1·ket·s. So each year at this time, many NIH employees, instead of exchanging Christmas cards among themselves, are contri buting the money to an "office pool" which is donated to the Patient Welfare Fund.

Patients, Families Benefit Beneficiaries are CC patients and

their famil ies who are :facing seri­ous financial crises, often coupled with deep emotional difficulties.

NIH employees realize the won­derful benefits the Davis Plan brings to patients. Last year con­tributions to the Patient Welfare Fund totaled over $5,000. Added to the regular contributions made by the R&W Association, this mon­ey helped patients buy vital ne­cessities.

By helping defray t ransporta­tion costs the fund enabled family members to visit patients. And it helped pay for long distance calls made by patients to thei1· fami­lies--a great morale booster, and there were times when such calls even s peeded their recovery.

The money provided many other similar n eeds that could not be met with Government fm1ds.

Ag ain the theme of the program will be the "Davis Plan: Better to Give Than to Receive," and unit administrative officers have been asked to coordinate distribution of Plan materials, accept all contri­bations and answer all questions.

Information may also be ob­tained by calling Jim Davis, Ext. (i2315. Checks may be made out to the NIH Patient Welfare Fund.

'Abridged Index Medicus' To Be Published by NLM

A monthly publication, Abridged Inclex Medicus, a condensed ver­sion of Index Medicu.s, will be pub­lished in January 1970 by the Na­t ional Library of Medicine. The publication is designed for physi­cians and for libraries in small hos pi ta] s and clinics.

Each issue will contain citations to articles in English-language journals. Most of these journals will be found in small medical li­b,·arics.

NLM selected the journals with guidance from an advisory com­mi ttce made up of physicians, med­ical edito1·s, and medical libraries.

The distribution of Abridged In­defl: Medicus will be handled on a subscription basis by the Superin­tendent of Documents, U.S. Gov­ernment Printing Office, Washing­ton, D.C. 20402.

THE NIH RECORD November 12, 1969

2 Branches Choose Union As a 'Bargaining' Agent

E lections to determine exclu­sive representation for non-super­visory employees of the Library Branch and the Medical Arts and Photography Branch, Division of Research Services, were held on Oct. 14.

Because of t he outcome of the elections, Dr. Robert Q. Marston, Direc.tor NIH, has g iven Local 2419, A~erican Federation of Gov­ernment Employees, AFL-CIO, ex­clusive recognition to "bargain" for a ll the non-supei-visory em­ployees in these two branches.

Dr. Marston has also granted exclusive recognition to F ederal Local Union F -131 of t he Interna­tional Associat ion of Fire F ightel's, AFL-CIO, to r epresent all non­supe rvisory fiJ·e fighting employees at NIH. Unions Represent Institute

Exclusive recognition ,vill en­title these unions to act for, neg.o­tiate agreements, and represent the interests of both members and non-members.

Arrangements are being com­pleted for another election t o be conducted on Nov. 20.

At the request of Local 2419, AFGE, non-supervisory employees of the Maintenance Engineering Section, Plant Engineering Branch, OADA, will vote on whether that union will be given exclusive rec­ognition.

Because of employees' va.-ious work schedules and their different locations, special anangements will be made in order to give everyone an opportunity to vote, including those working at the Poolesvi lle farm.

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NIGMS Film Illustrating Role of Anesthesiology Opens Here Nov. 13-14

"Threshold .. . i-esearch. and the care of people," a film siponsored by the National Institute of Gen­eral Medical Sciences, wall be sh.own at the Jack Masm· Auditorium in the Clinical Cente1· tomonow (Thursday), and Friday, Nov. 13 and 14 at 12 :15 p.m.

The 27-minute color film iJlus­trates the role and importance of anesthesiology in its relation to I'esearch and medical care.

The motion picture portrays ac­tivities in respiratory and inten­sive care units for the critically ill, and also presents the diagnosis and treatment of persistent p,ain.

Physician-scientists are stars of the fi l111. An interesting scene shows medical specialists, includ­ing a surgeon, a neurologist, a psy­chiatrist, and a medical social worker interviewing two patients. The specialists are probing for clues as to the cause of tl1e pa­tient's persistent pain.

Scenes were shot at the Univer­sity of Washington Hospital, Chil­dren's Hospital of Philadelphia, Columbia - Presbyterian Medical Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, arnl the Hospital of the Universitv of Pennsylvania.

The tflm was produced for N'IGMS by Audio Productions. Dr. Edgar Lee, Ji·., associate chief, Research Grants Branch, acted as t1>,ch nical advisor. Helen Neal, dep­uty in formation olTiccr, NIGMS, was project supervisor.

There's one Ch.dstmas gif,t that never goes out of style-U.S. Sav­ings Bonds. And they are practical as well as patriotic.

Lore nzo Durham, a Clinical Center normal volunteer from Charlotte, M. C., won 1st prize for his oil painting in the Patients' Hobby Show recently he ld in the CC lobby. Patie nts judge the contest sponsored annually by the CC Patient Activities and Occupational The rapy Sections. Jimmy Woodie, Stan­ford, H. C., won 2nd prize for a velvet applique.

27 Officers to Maintain New NIH Manual System By Distribution Keys

Distribution Officers in charge of t he NIH Manua l System for the various components of NIH have been annou nced.

Under this system r egulations on administrat ive policy and procedure arc distributed rapidly.

The persons designated will be responsible for control and main­tenance of the Manual System through distribution keys. Unit Distribution Officer ADA Genevieve L. Gn1·ncr BEM'l' Andy Yakabik CC Margaret Bnd,rcr DBS Raymond l\1[. J'ones DCR'1' l,ee l\lanual DRG John W assell 0 RS .J ~tr1e Le it.ch FIC Thomas Leffingwell NC( Zelda Schiffman N El P hyllis McKee NHI J a.mc:os C. Card net" N!AJD Charles B. Myel's Nl AMO Constance L. Bishop N TCHD Chari"" A. Di Giaeinto NIDR Florence H. Shipp NU,:HS (N.C.) Robett Nnmoviez N!Eli.S H elen M. J3oyle NIGMS Herbert C. Stickney NINOS Ruth S<>eor NJ,M ltosc L. Wolitzky OAS Murjol"ie Previti OES Margaret R. Root Ont Jeanne J>ellit 01 1-'ranc~ Pickett.. OMPR Doris C. Miller OPM Annuel L,. Holliday UPPE Donald Chill

The Distribution Officers should be contacted in connection with any p roblems of distribution keys in their area. Their resporu;ibilities in­clude adding, deleting, or changing addresses; changing number of cop­ies received, or asking for new ma­terial.

Kevs which are maintained un­der the system are: POL 1_, 2, 3, and 4; HEW Staff Manual Keys; NIH Keys; SMB Keys, and 18-month calendar keys ( DRG-19).

A meeting of Distribution Offi­cers and their alternates was held Oct. 16 to clarify the distribution system. Another meeting will be scheduled soon for those who were unable to attend.

Division of Dental Health Exhibit Receives Award

The American Dental Associa­tion has awal'ded the Certificate of Honor, Third Award, fo1· 1969 to the Division of Dental Hea!t~h, Rureau of Health Professions Ed­ucation and Manpower Training, for its exhibit, "Toward Better Dental Health."

The DDH exhibit was chosen from am011g 56 other entries at the ADA's annual session of Sci­entific and Educational Exhibits Program in October 1969 in New York.

The exhibit consists of three separate units and descdbes Com­munity Services, Manpower, and Applied Research and Training programs of the Division of Dental Health.

Mary Ellen Stone, sec retory to L. Lee Manual, DCRT's acting EO, stirs up on e normous amount of interest in behalf of the CFC.

Science Motion Pictures To Be Shown at NLM

The 1969 award-winning medical, denta l, public health and scien<;:e motion pictures will be shown m the Billings Auditorium of the Na­tional Lib1·ary of Medicine on Thursday evening, Nov. 13 at 8 to 10 p.m., and on Friday afternoon, Nov. 14, at 2 to 4:30 p.m.

The screenings h ave been ar­ranged in cooperation with CINE, the Council on International Non­t heatrical Events.

Outstanding Films Selected Each year CINE, with the as­

sistance of r eviewers t hroughout the country, selects the outstanding new United States motion pictures to 1·epresent this country at inter­national film events.

The instructive films arc valuable as teaching instruments for interns and young scientists, and will a lso 1>rove interesting· t o the general public.

For further information call Dr. Malcolm S. Ferguson, NLM audio­visual specialist, Ext. 65420.

Friday, Nov. 28, Last Day To Change Health Benefits

NIH employees have unt il Friday, Nov. 28, to take advan­tage of t he "Open Season" un­der t h e Federal Employees Health Benefits Program.

During t his period employ­ees who plan to enr oll in the program, or change their pres­ent enrollment should contact area registration assistants for information. Their names and locations are posted on NIH of­ficial bulletin boards, and are also available in P ersonnel Of­fices.

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'Rollie' Maher Retires; DRG Trouble Shooter Ends 22 Years at NIH

Roland (Rollie) Maher-the man wit h a yarn or two or three-­has retired.

Anyone who doesn't know Rollie is a newcomer to the Department, or has never required information on a grant that no one else was able to trace.

Rollie's affiliation with NIH had its beginning in April 1947 when the DRG was the Division of Re­search Grants and Fellowships, housed in Bldg. 1. Previously he had done a 10-year stint in PHS regional offices from coast to coast.

Officially Rollie became a mem­ber of the staff April 4, 1948, but for the pr,eceding year he had been detailed to DRG from the Venereal Disease Division, PHS.

At that time DRG was a fledg­ling component of a fledgling agency. The entire staff numbered 15 persons who administered 231 grants amounting to $2,273,000.

Duties were "as assigned," and assignments were all hands on the ditto machine as deadline for the receipt of applications neared. Rollie, too, "cranked out grants."

Rollie Maher spins a yarn about the "good old days" when DRG had 15 employees administering 231 g rants.

Rorne, who was special assistant to the Associate Director for Anal­ysis and Statistics, DRG, described himself as a "trouble shooter" who handled involved inquiries.

Whether you needed a trouble shooter, wanted to learn some as­pect of a program, or merely wished to hear an amusing story, Rollie was your man.

He was feted at a recent lunch­eon at the Cosmos Club by the men in the Office of the Director, DRG.

A reception and buffet in Rollie's honor on Dec. 5 from 5: 30 to 7 :30 p.m. at the Silver Fox Restaurant is open to his friends throughout DR EW. The charge is $3.50 per person.

For further information, call Ext. 67441.

November 12, 1969

Dr. Robert Q. Marston, NIH Director, o nd Dr. Robert N . Berliner, NIH De p­uty Director for Scie nce, recently visited the Oak Ridge National Laboratory for a briefing on ORNL research, porticularly ongoing NIH programs. At a news conference during their visit are (I to r): Ors. Be rliner and Marston; Alvin M. Weinbe rg, ORNL Director; Clarence E. Lorson, U.S. A.E.C. Com­missione r; Roger F. Hibbs, President, Nuclear Division of Union Carbide Cor­poration, and Jomes L. Liverman, Assistant Director, ORNL.

ARC Develops Concentrate to Control Hemophi/ic Bleeding Under NH/ Contract

A high potency, hjghly purified concentrate of antihemophilic factor (AHF), for the prevention or control of bleeding in victims of hemo­philia, has been developed by the American Red Cross under a research contract awarded by th.i National Blood Resource Program of the National Heart Institute.

The new concentrate contains some 40-100 times as much AHF as does an equal volume of whole blood or plasma. It promises to be a majo1· advance in the medical management of hemophilia A, by far the most conunon of the heredi­tary bleeding diseases that afflict an estimated 100,000 Americans.

The concentrate is prepared from b lood plasma hy a polyethylene glycol precipitation technique de­veloped by Dt·. Alan Jolmson, of the American Red Cross Labora­tory at New York University Med­ical Center.

The technique is relatively sim­ple am! is suitable for extracting the AHF from large batches of plasma.

The AHF-free plasma can sub­sequently be processed to yield al­bumin, gamma globulin, fibl"inogcn,

"Sign right here," says CFC Keyman Pat Von Borgen lo Clifford Alle n, exec utive officer, Division of Physi­cian Manpower, os Dr. Frank W. McKee, DPM Director, looks on.

and other plasma proteins with important uses in research and clinical medicine.

The AHF concentrate is chemi­cally stable and can be stored at refrigerator temperature for pro­longed periods without loss of po­tency.

Its high purity minimizes the risk of side reactions when it is administe1·ed to patients. No hepa­titis transmission has been observed in 65 patients so far studied.

The concentrate will be manu­factui,ed for the Red Cross under conh'act as soon as remaining legal and logistical problems have been resolved. A license for this purpose was recently issued by the Division of Biologics Standards.

It will be some time before the concentrate becomes available in quantity. However, the new pre­cipitation technique will make quantity production of AHF feas­ible, enabling solution of the most uifficult problems of hemophiliacs at reasonable cost.

Within the past 5 years, a mun­her of techniques have been de­vised for preparing concentrates of AHF from p lasma.

Through the efforts of m any scientists, steady progress has been made in improving the potency nnd purity of AHF concentrates and a lso in increasing ,the stability of the final product.

The polyethylene glycol precipi­tation technique developed by Dr. .Johnson combines these advantages with ready applicability to plasma processing that will enable ARC to process for AH F on a scale not previously possible.

THE NIH RECORD

REORGANIZATION (Continued from Pago 1)

• An Office of the Scientific Di­rector has been established, and t he Office of t he Director of Intramural Research abolished.

Dr. John R. Seal, former intra­mural research chief, will hold t he position of NIAID Scientific Di­r ector .

In his expanded role, Dr. Seal will be responsible to the Director for overall planning, policy formu­lation, and program coordination of both intramural and collaborative programs.

• An Office of Assistant Scien­tific Director for Collaborative Re­search has been established, and t he Office of Associate Director for Collaborative Research abolished.

Dr. Robert J. Byrne will fill the new position. He will also continue serving as chief of the Research Reference Reagents Branch.

In his new capacity, Dr. Byrne will be responsible to Dr. Seal for administering t he Institute's col-

Dr. Byrne D,. Tobie

laborative research programs. • An Office of the Assistant Sci­

entific Director for Laboratory and Clinical Research has been estab­lished, headed by Dr. John E. Tobie.

In addition to being responsible to Dr. Seal in the operation of the Institute's intramural research pro­grams, Dr. Tobie will continue to head the Laboratory of Microbial Immunity.

• A Cont 1· act Management Branch, reporting to the Scientific Director, will ~ place the office for­merly in the Collaborative Re­search area.

Callahan Heads Branch

Merle J. Callahan, chief of this new branch, will continue to pro­vide contract management services to research programs as well as formulate, interp1·et, and imple­ment contract policy and proced­ures for the NIAID.

• T h e Geographic Medicine Branch is transfened from the Col­laborative Research Program to the Ofllce of the Institute Director.

Dr. Howard Minners, as chief of this branch, will continue to man­age the United States-Japan Co­operative Medical Science Program, the International Centers for Med­ical Research and Training, and the International Research Career De­velopment Program.

THE NIH RECORD

Bone Marrow Transplant May Solve Problems Of Organ Rejections

Bone marrow transplants may be an answer t o the problem of organ rejection-the principal difficulty in human transplantation.

A new DRR booklet entitled R e­search Advances in Human Trans­plantation states: " In animals, t he (bone) marrow recipient will ac­cept any other organ graft from the marrow donor without rejec­tion.

Avoids Continuous Theropy

A successful bone m a r r o w transplant would thus enable the recipient to receive a heart or kid­ney from the marrow donor with­out the need for continuous immu­nosuppressive therapy with its at­tendant hazards and complica­tions."

The booklet, available free from the Division of Research Resources, BEMT, Bethesda, Md. 20014, points out that bone marrow makes red blood cells (for distribution o( oxygen) and white blood cells ( those responsible for combating infection).

The bone marrow also makes cells that fight a transplanted 01·­gan. The problem, according to the booklet, is to get the marrow transplant to succeed in the first place.

Dr. Thomas Is Consultant

Dr. E . Donna! Thomas, Univer­sity of Washington, a leading in­vestigator of bone marrow trans­plants and an authority on trans­plant rejection problems, was the consutlant on this section of the booklet .

Dr. Thomas, one of the earliest investigators in this field, per­formed many of his clinical studies at the University of Washington Clinical Research Center, support­ed by DRR.

Seventeen noted transplant ex­perts, including Dr. Thomas, served as consultants.

Among the authorities were: Dr.

CFC helps those in need.

November 12, 1969

New Plastic to Combat Dental Caries To Be Tested in NIDR-Supported Study

A new p last ic to combat decay on a tooth's grinding surface will be tested under a grant from t he National I nstitute of Dental Research.

Dr. Michael Buonocore of the Eastman Dental Center in Rochester, N.Y., who will conduct t he st udy, has all"eady shown t he practicability

of this approach. Wit h another resin he obtained

an 8G percent reduction in decay after one year, even t hough t hat

\ mater ial was more difficult to ap­ply and in some cases became dis­lodged.

This ultroviolet lamp is held with the edge of the mirror near o tooth coated with the adhesive. Beams hit the mir• ror, ore reflected onto the tooth, ond instantly harden the resin. A more compact lamp is being deve loped.

Cell Biology Compilation Available From Publisher

In response to a number of in­<Juiries, the recently published book entitled Biochemistry of Cell Divi­sion may be obtained through the publisher, Charles C. Thomas, Springfield, III., at a cost of $15.50.

The book was compiled from pa­pers presented at a symposium sponsored and organized by t he Pathology R Study Section, Divi­sion of Research Grants, in April 1968.

The symposium was held at New York University Medical Center. It provided an opportimity for some of the outstanding investiga­tors in the field of cell division in mammalian cells to pPcscnt their views.

Dr. Renato Baserga of the Fels Research Institute and Depart­ment of Pathology, Temple Uni­versity School of Medicine, edited the book.

Paul Terasaki, University of Cali­fornia at Los Angeles, who devel­oped most of the important tests for matching donor organs to transplant patients, and Dr. Keith Reemtsma, University of Utah, noted for his research on immu­nology and transplantation of ani­mal organs.

Also, Dr. Norman E. Shumway, Stanford University, who devel­oped the surgical procedure now used in all heart transplants, and Dr. J ohn P . Merrill, Harvard Uni­versity, whose team performed the first successfu I kidney transplant in 1954.

New Mat<!rial Adheres

The new thin material, however, is quite easy to use, requires no drilling, and in preliminary tests has remained adherent for more than one year.

It is pab1ted on much like nail polish, but does not harden until an ultra-violet (UV) lamp is shined on it. Long-wave rays ac­tivate an agent in the resin that makes the plastic set immediately.

The dentist 01· hygienist paints the teeth that are to be protected from decay and then shines a gun­shaped UV flashlight on them. This changes the colorless liquid adhesive to a hard, smooth, nearly­invisible film.

If its effectiveness is confirmed, t his easi ly applied therapeutic agent could be made available to large numbers of children, save countless man-hours of already overburdened dentists, and free much of their time for diagnos:is and treatment of more difficult problems in many other patients.

May He lp Othe rs

It also could be a boon to the handicapped who cannot brush their teeth or submit to long oper­ative procedures, to military per ­sonnel, and to people living in areas where then~ is a scarcity of dentists.

The tooth's biting surfaces fre­quently decay despite fluodde's

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Employee Health to Feature Glaucoma Film Nov. 18-19

A film on g la ucoma, a lead­ing cause of blindness among adults in t he U.S., will be fea­t ured by the Employee Health Service as its November health education movie.

It will be shown at the J ack Masur Auditorium in t he Clin­ical Center, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 11 :30 a.m. and 12 :15 p.m., and at the Westwood Bldg., Nov. 19, at 1 :15 and 2 p.m.

One out of every seven b lind persons is a victim of glau­coma. The film explains how the condition, without any obvious warning, lit erally "sneaks" up on a person with­out his being aware of it.

NI H employees may call the Employee Health Service, Ext. 64411, for a g laucoma exam­ination. Appointments will be set up from 2 to 4 p.m. on :Mon­day through Friday.

protective effects. Enamel in these areas is often thin or absent, and the pits and fissures normally found in these surfaces trap and shelter decay-causing microbes. Once de­cay begins in the pits, it can sp read quickly throughout the tooth.

Dr. Buonocore will also test the adhesive on the surfaces between teeth. These surfaces will be coat­ed before the adjacent tooth erupts.

In addition, he will try to anchor orthodontic ·wires with the adhesive and fill small cavities or line larger ones with it.

An adhesive liner might seal metal, plastic, or cement fillings and stop decay-causing debris from creeping in between the filling and t he tooth.

Still other potential uses are to cover unattractive, poorly calci­fied, or stained teeth and to re­pair broken edges on front teeth.

In a related event, Drs. Thomas, Terasahi, Reemtsma, Shumway and Merrill, and Dr. Charles Balch, DRR, were members of a panel re­cently interviewed by Woman's Day 11,fcigazine for a feature article on Human Transplants. The article appeared in t he October issue.

Dr. Kenneth M. Endicott (I), former Director of the Notional Cancer Institute ond now Dire ctor of BEMT, recently prese nted PHS Meritorious Service Medols in recognition of their achievem ents in cancer research to {I to r): Dr. Michael Potter, Laboratory of Biology, ond Ors. Alon S. Robson ond Louis B. Thomas, Pathologic Anatomy Branch.

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Dr. Summers Appointed NINOS Branch Chief

Dr. Raymond R. Summers has been appointed chief of the Train­ing Grants and Awards B ranch, Extramural Programs, National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke. He repla= Elizabeth Hartman who has retired.

Dr. Summers joined NINDS a year ago as assistant chief of the Branch and as executive secretary of the Neur ological Science Re­search Training B Committee.

His Federal career includes serv­ing as chief of the Professional Traini11g Section, Neurological and Sensory Disease Control Program, PHS. He also acted as a consultant to develop training programs in speech pathology and audi-0logy.

Also, in a consultant capacity, he worked with the Rehabi litation Ser vices Administration on public and voluntary health agency pro­grams for people with speech dis­orders.

After earning an M.A. degree from Indiana Univer&ity, Dr. Sum-

Dr, Summers hos acted as a consult­ant for tra ining prog rams on speech pathology and audiology.

mers remained there to teach and serve as a clinician in speech path­ology.

Later, he was appointed senior clinical assistant in the Purdue University Speech and Hearing Clinic, and an instruct.ot· at the­Indiana University Extension Cen­ter. He received his Ph.D. degrne from Purdue in 1955.

Dr. Summers served at the state level before joining the Federal Government.

Sets Up Hearing Programs

He was speech and hearing ad­ministrator, Division of Maternal and Child Health, Indiana State Hoard of Health, where he set up hearing conservation programs for preschool children and adults.

Throughout his career, Dr. Sum­mers has maintained an interest in the social issues of the day. Dur­ing the summer of 1946, he worked as a cattleman taking a load of cattl&-Holsteins-t.o Danzig, Po­land, in a program supported by the United Nations Relief a11cl Re­habilitation Association.

November 12, 1969

The Reeds of NIH Retire, Their Collective Years of Federal Service Add up to 77

High on the list of John and Mae Reed's favorite hobbies rank pho­togl·aphy and travel- and now they will have time for both. For the Reeds retired Friday, Oct. 31.

Mr . Reed was deputy budget officer in the Office of Financial Management, and his wife was secretary and committee manage­ment officer at the National Can­cer Institute. Adel up thefr collec­tive years of service, they make 77!

Soon they will start their trav­eling. Mr. Reed w ill do the slide picture-taking, and Mrs. Reed wi ll shoot movies.

"My wife is very helpful in oth­er ways," solemnly assured Mr. Reed. "She helps carry equipment, and she holds a black cloth in back of flowers."

John Reed has worked for the F ederal Government for 39 years-21 of those years were spent in TIH. Mrs. Reed started her Gov­

ernment career in 1931. She came to NIH in 1947, served with DRG, and moved to NCI in 1956.

Back in October 1930, in a lit­t le town called Agency in Iowa­population 200-Mr. Reed, who was horn and raised there, was told that he has passed the Gov­ernment stenography test-with the second highest rating in the U.S.

Mr, Reed Comes to Town

Soon after the population of Ag-ency dropped to 199- Mr. Reed came to Washington.

He worked in the U.S. Post Of­fice for all of 2 months. In De­cember 1930 h e accepted a promo­tion and moved over to what is now General Services Administra­tion.

He stayed there until 1942, and then went to the Fa1m Credit Ad­ministration, remaining there for 5 years. He came to NIH in 1948.

His life during the early years of his Federal career was not all work- he also went to school­and huilt up a. solid foundation in business subjects, including ac­com1ting.

Mr. Reed has seen NIH's huclget requirements meet the changing conditions of the times.

" I think I'm proudest of the de­velopment of forecasting systems for 1·esearch grants, training grants and fellowships," he stated.

Mr. Reed is a fund of budget information and he makes what ordinarily would be dry facts and ftgu1-es, meaningful &ta tis tics that

Also, during the summer of 1948, he directed an International Re­construction Camp in H eilbronn, Germany.

He is a Fellow of the American Speech and Hearing Association, and he has served on many of its committees including the Commit­tee on Guidelines for Operation Head Start.

f John ond Moe Reed will travel to foreign countries, visit the ir family, build a dork room, and snap photos­block and white stills, color slides, and movies.

reveal the strides N IH has taken in scientific research.

On the walls of his office in Bldg. 1 hangs his handiwork.

His photography is of award­winning caliber. And, in fact, he won silver medals from the Great­er Washington Council of Camera Cluhs for two of his photographs­hoth Reed granddaughters.

There are also p hotos of their Texas grandson; like everything from that state, the boy is very big for his age, and of the Reed's 12-year-old Siamese cat, Go-Go, whose eyes glow like aquamarines.

He pointed to a color 11hotograph of a row of autumn colored maple frees.

"Do you recognize that scene'/" he asked. "That's the row of ma­ples in front of T-6 that was erect­ed dur-ing wartime to house PHS."

Delight in Grandchildre n

The Reeds returned to another favorite subject-their children and grandchildren.

"We plan to visit our son, John Jr., he's head of the pharmacy at Ren Taub Hospital in Houston."

The Reeds also have two daugh­ters, Carolyn and Lois, who live in the Bethesda area.

Among the three children, there are nine grandchildren-the young­est 4 weeks old.

The Reeds' travel plans include Spain and Portugal-if Mr. Reed can tear himself away from the dark room that he intends to set up in his home.

Periodically, the Reeds return fol' a visit to Agency- named after the fact that the town used to house an Indian agency staffed by a U . S. commissioner who looked after Indian affairs.

He a lso has a fondness for Ot­tumwa-his wife was born there­a town 5 miles from Agency, where he attended business college. Go­ing to the same school was the future Mrs. Reed-and he really did carry her books.

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DEDICATION (Conti,iued from Page l )

Refreshments will be served at the conclusion of the ceremonies and there will be self-glllided tours of designated laboratory rooms in both buildings.

Seated on the dais will be Sec­retary Finch; Dr. Roger 0 . Eg-e­berg, Assistant DHEW Secretary for Health and Scientific Affairs; Dr. Marston ; Dr. Edwa1·d F. Mac­Nichol, Jr., NINDS Director; Dr. Stanley F. Yolles, NIMH Director; Dr. Kenneth M. Endicott, former NCI Director and now Director of REMT; Dr Carl G. Baker, Acting NCI Director, and Rev. Kerney.

The two buildings, providing an estimated 496,336 square feet of new floor space, are connected by con·idor tunnels. They also are linke::I up underground with the cafeteria in Bldg. 35.

The construction cost of the three buildings is estimated at ap­proximately $19.4 million, exclu­sivll of laboratory equipment.

New Booklet Describes

Progress in Research On Human Development

Progress in research directed toward a better understanding- of human development from life's beginning to life's end is pub­lished in a new booklet-High­lights of R esecirch Progress in H imuin Development 1967.

This is the first year t his sub­ject has been published in booklet form. I t is supported by the Na­tional Institute of Child Health and Human Development, and will be arnilable for general distribu­tion.

Subjects covered include popu­lation research, r eproductive bi­ology, perinatal biology, the de­veloping years, physical develop­ment, mental Tetardation, and the process of aging.

Single copies of the booklet may be obtained from the NICHD In­formation Office, Bldg. l 2-A, Rm. 3025, Bethesda, Md. 2001~.

CFC unde rstands ond he lps.

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Dr. L. Laster to Direct Gastrointestinal Studies In New NIAMD Branch

Increasing research interest in gast rointestinal disorders h as led to the establishment of a Diges­tive a n d Hereditary Diseases Branch wit hin the National Insti­tute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases.

Dr. Leonard Laster, former chief of the Gastroenterology Section, will head the new branch, Dr. G. Donald Whedon, NIAMD Director, announced.

The new b ranch, which s uper­sedes the Gastroenterology Section, will conduct investigations on her­editary metabolic diseases.

It will also engage in research to determine abnormalities in struc­ture and function of the esophagus, stomach, s mall and large intestines, pancreas, and liver.

Other investigations will clarify enzyme and metabolic pathways within these tissues. Branch scien­tists will aJso examine the patho­genesis of digestive cl iseases and study improved treat ment methods.

Institute Aids Research

Through grant support, the In­stitute is also adding impetus to gastroenterology research at medi­cal institutions and universities across the country.

Dr. Laster, who received h is M.D. degree from Harvard Medical School in 1950, is particularly in­terested in examining biochemical aspects of hereditary diseases and int.es t inal tract metabolism.

Coming to the Institute in 1953 as senioT investigator, he was later appointed chief oI the Gastroenter­ology Unit, which in 1965 became the Section on Gastroentcrology.

In 1966 Dr. Laster was appointed professorial lecturer in Physiology at the George Was hington Univer­sity School of Medicine. He is a Fellow of t he American College of Phys icians, as well as a member of the American Gastroenterologi­cal Association, the American So­ciety of Clinical Invest igation, and the American Society of Biological Chemists.

CC Blood Bank Reports On Donors' Special Status The Clinical Center Blood

Bank reports that two donors achieved a special status. J. Loring J enkins, NINDS, reach­ed the 4-gallon mark, and Al­be1-t Bedell, NICHD, attained the 2-gallon mark.

Joining the Gallon Donor Club were: Dr. Saul A. Shep­artz and Bernard F. Taylor, NOi; a n cl Ruth Singleterry, cc.

Gall the CG Blood Bank now, and make an appointment to donate blood, Ext. 64506.

November 12, 1969

Whiplash Injury Without Direct Impact May Be Cause of lntracranial Bleeding

Doctors have been alerted by two scientists in the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke to the possibility of intracranial bleeding a s a consequence of rotational acceleration of the head in whiplash.

Drs. Ayub K. Ommaya and Philip Yarnell, Surgical Neurology Branch, 1-eported their findings in a recent issue of Lancet.

Brain hemorrhage resulting from whiplash alone has been clearly established in two cases in which a large subdur al hematoma was found alth.ough there had not been a significant blow to the head. This is the fil·st report of intm­cranial lesions a:nd the development of subdural hematoma without di­rect impact.

With high speed all a feature in motor -vehicle traffic, such sequelae of collisions should be borne in mind as a possibility in the differ­ential diagnosis of a case where a patient does not run in the usual course of recovery after whiplash iniury.

Joel R. Hedetniemi was rece ntly named e xecutive officer, Division of Allied Hea lth Ma n powe r, BEMT. He came to NIH in 1962 a s a manage­ment intern.

Orvis School of Nursing Receives First Special Project Grant by DN

The first Special Project Grant to help nonprofit agencies and nurs­ing schools plan and establish new resources for nursing education has been awarded to the Orvis School of Nursing , University of Nevada, Reno Campus.

The school received a grant for the one-year project from the Divi­sion of Nursing, Bureau of Health Professions Education and Man­power Training,

Seven other institutions in north­ern Nevada and northern California have joined with the Orvis School on the plan to expand graduate training opportunities for nurses in this region by intercampus shar­ing of facilities and faculty.

The impact data from 011e of these cases was used in estimating the approximate le vel of rotational acceleration produced in the pa­tient's head during whiplash. The value was close to what had pre­viously been predicted for cerebral concussion in man on the basis of research performed with pl"ima.tes.

After the subdural hematoma was located and evacuated, one pa­tient recovered with 110 sensori­motor or intellectual deficits. The other patient died and 11ecropsy revealed a large subdural hema­toma.

Findings indicate that the cor­t:cal veins, particularly where they enter the more fixed portions of the dural sinuses can tear under such conditions and result in bleed­ing within the brain cavity.

Although in neither case was there a clear-cut cerebral concus­sion, the production of a large subdural hematoma suggests a level of injury close to the thresh­old for cerebral concussion.

The report emphasized that J'(}­

ta tion of the head is the common denominator to the cerebral trnu­ma of both head injury a nd whip­lash injury.

Latest Participants in NIH Visiting Scientists Program Listed Here

10/17-Dr. James P. Harwood, United Kingdom, Laboratory of Chemical Pharmacology. Sponsor: Dr. Bernard Brodie, NHI, Bldg. 10, Rm. 7N117.

10/20-Dr. Flamino N . Cattabe­n i, Italy, Laboratory of Preclinical Pharmacology. Sponsor: Dr. Er­minio Costa, NTMH, St. Elizabeths Hospital, Was hington, D.C.

10/20-Dr. Takami Oka, Japan, Section on Intermediary Metabo­lism. Sponsor: Dr. Yale J. Topper, NIAMD, Bldg. 10, Rm. 9B18.

10/27- Dr . Ernest S. Hall , Cana­da, Laboratory of Neurochemistry. Sponsor: Dr. Seymow· Kauf man, NIMH, Bldg. 10, Rm. 2D20.

11/3- Dr. Beatrice Ping-yi Chen, Taiwan, Molecular Biology Section. Sponsor: Dr. Ir a Past a n, NCI, Bldg. 10, Rm. 8N246.

The schools include the Univer­sity of California at San Francis­co, the University of Nevada, LM Vegas Campus and s,eveval schools with baccalaureate degree nursing programs within the California Sta·te College system.

CFC helps the handicapped.

NIDR Compiles Directory Of Cleft Lip and Palate Service Facilities in U.S.

A new directory locating the 244 cleft lip and cleft palate facilities in the United States has been com­piled by the National Inst itute of Dental Research.

This initial directory is designed to aid families who are seeking cleft lip and palate services by pro­viding a referral guide to directors of the service facilities, to the med­ical a n cl psychosocial specialists serving clefted patients, an d to state Crippled Children's Services.

In addition, the directory will be used as a basis for identifying and developing a profile on all U.S. and for eign facilities engage<! in cleft lip and cleft palate research, treat­ment, and rehabilitation.

The focus will be on research, but t he coverage will embrace serv­ice facilities since research a n d service are interrelated.

Oral clefts afflict one of every 700 babies and represent one of the most frequent birth defects. NIDR conducts and supports an ex­tensive program of research rang­ing from identification of causative factors to the improvement of diag­nostic and rehabilitative tech­niques, including surgical and speech therapy.

MEDLARS Article Wins Award for 'Best Paper'

The American Society for Infor­mation Science, at a recent meet­ing in San Francisco, gave the award for best paper of the yeai­to F. W. Lancaster for his article "MEDLARS: Report on the Eval­uation of Its Opera.ting Efficiency."

The study was 1·esearchcd, writ­ten and published while Mr. Lan­caster was with the National Li­brary of Medicine. He served as special assista.11t to the associate director for Library Operations. Pt·esently, he is with Westat Sur­veys, Inc., Bethesda, Md.

Mr. Lancaster's study, published in the April 1969 issue of Anwwi­can Documentation, desc1~bed the methods used and the results of an evaluation of MEDLARS.

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Milton Skolaut, First CC Pharmacy Head, To Retire Nov. 30; Joined NIH in 1952

Milton W. Skolaut, chief of the Clinical Center Pharmacy Department, will retire from the P HS Commissioned Corps on Nov. 30.

Mr. Skolaut, who holds the rank of Pharmacist Director, joined NIH in 1952. Under his direction as chief-a post he was the first to hold- the Pharmacy Department steadily expanded its services.

Mr. Skolaut entered the Corps in 1949, as chief p harmacist at the PHS Hospital, Staten Island, N.Y.

He received a B.S. in P harmacy from the University of Texas i n 1941, and served his hospital phar­macy internship at The J ohns Hopkins Hospital.

Mr. Skolaut became known for his innovations in his development of a complete pharmaceu tical serv­ice that would meet the needs of a modern research hospital.

Initiates New Services During his CC career, ho init i­

ated a service for developing drug dosage forms and suitable assays for many investigational drugs; a radiopha1maceutical service em­phasizing product development in addition to assays and proper con­trols.

His department was one of the first hospital pharmacies to also offer intravenous additive service round-the-clock.

Other annovations included : pre­packaging drugs and scaling the package to assure reliability; using plastic containers for packaging when practicable, and using lot and batch numbers on labels of all central supply items.

Also, the Department has estab­lished guidelines for standards for preparation of J.V. admixtures.

In 1963, Mr. Skolaut received the Geigy Leadership Award from the Geigy Pharmaceutical Com­pany, "for outstanding leadership in t he field of hospital pharmacy."

In 1967, he received the Andrew Craigie Award from the Associa­tion of Military Surgeons of the U.S., "for imaginative leadership in the science of pharmacy in the Federal Service."

Receives Litero ry Awa rd

That same year he was also hon­ored by the American Pharmaceu­t ical Association, Military Sec­t ion, Literary Award, as co-author of the paper, "Extemporaneous Sterile Compounding of Intrave­nous Additives," which was pub­lished in the American J1nirnal of Hospital Pharmacy, October 1966.

In addition, he is an active mem­ber of the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States and t he Maryland Society of Hospital Pharmacists.

In January 1970, Mr. Skolaut will unde1take a special assign­ment at Duke University Hospi­tal. There he will develop pharma­ceutical and related services. Later in the year he will become Director of the hospital's pharmacy depart­ment.

Mr. Skolout is known for his innova­tions in the CC Pharmacy Deport­ment, including the combining of cen­tra I s terile supply service with other pha rmocy services.

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common cause, and is currently associated with over 90 percent of cases occurring in military popu­lations.

In the first large scale field trial to dete1mine the efficacy of the Group C vaccine over 20,000 mili ­tary volunteers were inoculated.

No significant toxic reaction de­veloped, and the rate of the Group C meni.ngococcal disease was re­duced 10-fold in the vaccinated recruits compared to the non-vac­cinated.

90 Percent Protection Possible Dr. Artenstein pointed out that

the reduction suggests the vaccine may provide at least 90 percent protection. However, additional field hials are necessary to con­firm its efl'ectiven()SS.

Dr. Artenstein's ultimate goal is to develop a trivalent vaccine against Groups A, B, and C and thus achieve prevention of all men­ingitis due to meningococci.

Dr. Robert McCollum, Yale Uni­versity, discussed a major break­through in hepatitis research with the detection of Australia antigen, a substance in the blood which may be an agent of the disease.

This antigen appears t-0 be as­sociated prima1·i!y with serum hepatitis frequently transmitted through inoculation of blood or blood products from an infected person.

In contrast, the infectious type is usually spread by direct con­tact or through contaminated d.Tinking ,vater or food .

Dr. McCollum said that this finding indicates other causative agents may still remain to be dis­covered before an effective vaccine

New DRG Booklet Lists PHS Grants, Awards

A new booklet, Public Health Se1-vice Grants and Awards, F is­cal Year 1.968, Part Jll-Consflruc­tion, is one of a 5-part series t'hat is published annually.

Part III is an alphabetical list­ing by Sta te and institution of grants for the construction of health faci lit ies including buildings for research, mental retardation, and hospitals.

Other parts include awards for research projects (Part I) which was published earlier this year; re­search training grants (Part II); and health services formula and project grants, regional medical program grants, medical library re­source a nd program grants, and community mental health center staffing grants ( Part IV.)

Part V will p resent summary tables covering the data offered in Parts I through IV.

Parts I ( $2 per copy) and III ( 50 cents per copy) are available from the Superintendent of Docu­ments, U.S. Gove1-nment Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402.

Single copies are available to editors free from the Information Office, Division of Research Grants, Bethesda, Md. 20014.

can be produced. NIH scientists have improved

tests used to detect the hepatitis associated antigen (HAA) in the blood of potential donors.

Research is being conducted at NIH to develop a simple but accu­rate test which will eliminate the r i s k of disease transmission through inoculati.on with blood and its products.

Dr. Robert F reckleton, chief of the Inununization Branch of the National Communicable Diseases Center in Atlanta, Ga., expressed satisfaction with the progress of the rubella vaccine p·rogr-am.

Millions to Be Vaccinated It is expected that 15 to 20 mil­

l ion children will be vaccinated against German measles by the end of 1970, he said.

Scientists feel that this numbe1· is sufl1cient to stem the tide of an epidemic which otherwise might occur in the early 1970's.

The purpose is two-fold: 'l'o develop immunity in children

which will carry over to adult­hood; to prevent transmission of the disease to non-immtme preg­nant women whose unborn children m\l:y develop a variety of birth defects, such as heart and hearing disorders, and mental retardation.

Dr. Daniel I. Mullally, chief of NCAID's Vaccine Development Branch, was chairman of the five­man panel which also included Dr. Saul Krugman, New York Univer­sity School of Medicine, a pedia­trician who has conducted research in both rubella and hepatitis.

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Swedish Medical Council Sponsors 2 Fellowships For U.S. Researchers

The Swedish Medical Research Council is sponsoring two post­doctoral research fellowships in 1970.

The fellowships will be awarded to qualified biomedical scientist s who are U .S. citizens, and will cover 12 months of research train­ing in basic or clinical sciences in a government-supported institution in Sweden.

To be eligible, candidates must have done independent r esearch in one of the heal th sciences :for at least 2 of the last 4 years.

Evidence of research and apti­tude may be submitted in a scien­tific bibliography, r eports of scien­tific publications, and references from persons familiar with t he ap­plicant's background.

Prior Acce ptance Required

Before being considered for a fel­lowship, applic:mts must also show that they have been accepted by a Swedish training institution and by a preceptor.

A Facilities Commitment S.tate­rnent must clearly state that the Swedish institution will provide fa­cilities for the duration of the Fel­low's stay.

Depending on the scientist's qual­ifications and experience, the stip­end will amount to $5,500 or $6,000. Fellows will also receive an addi­tional $500 per year for each de­pendent whether that de))()ndent goes to Sweden or remains here.

Fellows will be reimbursed for round-trip travel costs for them­selves and their immediate families.

During their stay they may also accept sabbatical salary, royalties, or other income if reported in the application.

Scicntisl<; may obtain application forms and further information from the International Fellowships Section, Fogarty International Cen­ter, NCH, Bethesda, Md. 20014.

Forms must be completed and returned to the Fogarty Center on or before Feb. 1, 1970.

Final selection will be made at the April 1970 meeting of the ~w,.ili~h MNiical Research Council.

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