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SECTION D Wednesday, April 1, 1959 Long Time Seen Before Science Can Do Anything About Cancer Viruses EDITOR'S NOTE: Where science stands in its efforts to conquer cancer is being laid out in depth in Excelsior Springs, Mo., by the top cancer scientists. It will be a seven-day briefing, covering the seven major divisions of cancer research. Following is the first dispatch of Delos Smith, UPI science editor, who is one of those being briefed. By DELOS SMITH UPI Science Editor EXCELSIOR SPRINGS, Mo. (UPI)—On the question of whether viruses cause cancer in human beings, the scientific answer is yes. On the question of whether science will be able to do something about it, the answer is again, yes, but it's going to take a long time. These answers reflect the convictions and confidence of top virus authorities assembled here by the American Cancer Society to make progress reports on their side of the many-sided campaign of science to lick the disease which is the No. 2 killer of people. Experts on the other sides are here to report their progress, to a group of science writers. One phase will be reported "in depth" daily for seven days, and when all the reports are in, the public will have an up-to-the-minute account of where the big campaign now stands. Obviously viruses do not cause cancers in human beings the way viruses inflict them with the common cold. If they did there would be no human race. Actions Are Complicated Cancer-causing viruses have to act in extremely complicated and there are such viruses is based upon there being more than 50 viruses which definitely cause cancers in frogs, chickens, rabbits, squirrels or mice. Beard, however, observed particles in tissue cultures of human leukemia cells which he thought could be virus particles but the identification was anything but certain. Other scientists on the same panel minimized the possibility that the particles were of a viral nature. They emphasized that viruses had never yet been found in human body cells. Work In Harmony Why should human body chemistry be exempt from such viral invasion? It wouldn't be natural if it were. Beard sliced up the body cells of chickens which contained viruses that had caused those cells to become malignant. Cohen got inside the cells of a particular kind of bacteria which were under attack by a particular virus specialized in those cells. Beard found that cells and viruses were working in more or less perfect harmony for one purpose, which was to manufacture new viruses which would then take over more normal cells which would likewise become virus brooders. The cell wasn't harmed but its basic nature was changed. It now served the virus rather than the chicken. It divided into new cells more rapidly and the more rapidly it divided (up to a certain point) the more new cancer-causing viruses were produced. In this connection, the common and well-known viruses, such as polio and influenza viruses, kill the cells which they invade. GRAND OPENING — Gene geles St. Anaheim, is hold April. The new store will wheel balancing, recapping greet the public will be sales: Jack Leever, commer a group of science writers. One phase will be reported "in depth" daily for seven days, and when all the reports are in, the public will have an up-to-the-minute account of where the big campaign now stands. Obviously viruses do not cause cancers in human beings the way viruses inflict them with the common cold. If they did there would be no human race. Actions Are Complicated Cancer-causing viruses have to act in extremely complicated and well-hidden ways. Otherwise science would know at least as much about the viruses as it does about the viruses which cause polio, for instance. Dr. Joseph W. Beard of Duke University, Durham, N.C., and Dr. Seymour Cohen, of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, made these complications and concealments dramatically fascinating in describing the taking-apart of individual cells that were so delicate as to be almost incredible. Beard did it by slicing the cells so thin he got about 300 alices per cell. The alices were then subjected to the high magnifications of the electron microscope. Cohen did it by breaking down the chemical reactions of a cell to a virus — and of a virus to a cell— into exceedingly fine detail. Neither worked with human cancer cells since no one has ever made a positive identification of a causative virus for human cancer. Science's conviction that In this connection, the common and well-known viruses, such as polio and influenza viruses, kill the cells which they invade. Beard showed that this chicken virus by enslaving the cell rather than killing it, caused a "complex of diseases," rather than one relatively simple cancer. Not all were malignant, but those which were included two types of leukemia, or blood cancer. It demonstrated there are varieties of ways viruses can cause cancer (in chickens). Beard said he studied these chicken cells because they happened to be the easiest. Parasites of Bacteria "Don't think there is no relations to mammals," he said. Cohen's viruses are not cancer-causing. Their value for an ultimate understanding of viral-caused cancer is that they are parasites of a bacteria which can be studied in close detail for the chemical secrets of "a viral system." The most astonishing secret he uncovered was that the virus and the bacterial cell get together chemically so as to manufacture seven kinds of proteins which ANAHEIM BUSINESS DIRECTORY Advertising ... 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WIESE fast unloading and loading. The Reveal Plans for Huge Cargo Plane By ALBERT W. WIESE United Press International MAN DIEGO, Calif. (UPI) — The Convair Division of Generalynamics Corp. today revealed plans for a giant 635-mile-per-hour cargo plane that breaks in half during loading and kneels down like camel. The cargo plane will be a version of the Convair 600 jet transport now being built for American airlines. The first flight is scheduled for the middle of next year. The 600 is larger and faster than the Convair 880, now undergoing tight tests. It also will have a bigger range. Convair President J. V. Naish said the entire tail section of the cargo version will swing aside for fast unloading and loading. The camel-like action will allow direct loading from the height of truck beds. A simplified control system using the principal of a bell crank means that no pins or cables need be disconnected when the tail is swung around. 30 Minute Turn-Around "It will be possible to turn around a Convair 600 cargo plane in just 30 minutes," said Naish. "And that includes complete unloading, reloading, opening and closing the tail, servicing and refueling." The main cargo area of the 600 is seven feet one inch high, 10 feet eight inches wide and 80 feet four inches long. There also are two smaller cargo areas providing a total of 6,743 cubic feet of cargo space. The cargo 600 has an overall length of 139 feet and a wingspan of 120 feet. Advantages With a payload of 10 tons the plane will have a range of 5,750 statute miles and with a payload of 35 tons it will have a range of 2,935 statute miles. Power for the plane is supplied by four General Electric CJ805-21 aft-fan jet engines. Naish said one advantage of the model 600 is that it will be able to operate on any air strip that can handle conventional four engine aircraft. For normal operations less than 6,000 feet of runway would be needed for landing or taking off. Naish said Convair has had several requests for information on the cargo 600 from the Air Force as well as commercial airlines. Cancer Victims Left Voiceless; Aid Needed WASHINGTON (UPI) — The American Cancer Society appealed to the public today to help locate people who have lost their voices to cancer. It said 95 per cent of the estimated 12,000 to 15,000 persons who have undergone surgery for cancer. GRAND APRIL We cordially invite the residents of Anaheim to stop by during our Grand Opening to meet our people and inspect our modern facilities for all your tire requirements. OPEN UNTIL 9 THURSDAY A GRAND TIRE 30% OFF* *Off manufacturers list Cancer Victims Left Voiceless; Aid Needed WASHINGTON (UPI) — The American Cancer Society appealed to the public today to help locate people who have lost their voices to cancer. It said 95 per cent of the estimated 12,000 to 15,000 persons who have undergone surgery for cancer of the larynx are physically capable of learning to produce sounds and words again. Jack L. Raney, executive secretary of the International Association of Laryngectomees and himself a victim of cancer of the larynx, said that learning to speak again generally takes from several months to as much as a year. Some, he said, have mastered the technique in just a few weeks. "The main problem," he said, "is overcoming the tendnce to withdraw from the world when you have suddenly lost your ability to speak." 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