University Daily Kansan Friday. November 10, 1961
As Science Tests New Drugs Cancer Breakthrough Foreseen
By Louis Cassels
WASHINGTON—(UPI)—A medical scientist says it is highly likely that a major breakthrough in treatment of cancer will be achieved in the coming year.
The prediction was made by Dr. I. S. Ravdin of the University of Pennsylvania at a National Cancer Conference. He heads a Clinical Studies Panel appointed by the National Cancer Institute to evaluate new drugs for control of cancer.
Ravdin said real progress has been
Princeton Man, Current Guest Of Humanities
A Princeton philosopher who has published five books this year will give a Humanities Series Lecture on "A Critique of Existentialism," Tuesday, November 14. The lecture by Dr. Walter Kaufmann will be in Fraser Theater at 8 p.m., and the Faculty Club will give an informal reception for him afterward.
DURING HIS three-day visit to the KU campus, he will also talk to classes in French literature, Russian literature, jurisprudence, and philosophy, and will speak on two other programs which are open to the public. The latter are a discussion of "Existentialism versus Positivism" sponsored by the Philosophy Club at 3 p.m., Monday, November 13, in the Forum Room, and a coffee program on "The Role of Belief in Religion" arranged by Student Union Activities at 4 p.m. the same afternoon in the Browsing Room of the Kansas Union.
On Tuesday at 9 a.m. he will speak in Green Hall to law students on "Justice as a Problem."
ALTHOUGH he is the youngest Humanities lecturer presented since the Series began in 1947, he is a prolific author and an effective lecturer. His five books published this year are "Goethe's Faust: A New Translation," "The Faith of a Heretic," "From Thales to Aquinas," "From Bacon to Kant," and "Religion from Tolstoi to Camus." He has been guest lecturer at Harvard, Yale, Vassar, Chicago, Duke, Frankfurt (Germany), American University, and other universities.
Since he received the Ph.D. at Harvard in 1947, Dr. Kaufmann has been on the Princeton faculty teaching courses and giving seminars in contemporary thought, philosophy of religion, existentialism, and philosophy of politics, including seminars in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.
AS VISITING professor, he has taught at the New School in New York and at the University of Washington, Cornell, Columbia, and Michigan. In 1956, he was in Germany as a Fulbright research professor. During World War II, he served in the Air Force and in military intelligence.
He was born in 1921 in Freiburg, Germany, and grew up in Berlin; his father was a lawyer. He received the B.A. in 1941 from Williams College and the M.A. in 1942 from Harvard.
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made in cancer research in the past two years, and effective chemical agents already have been found for treatment of special types of cancer.
"Matters have improved in the cancer fight, and we are beginning to see the light," Ravdin told the conference, attended by more than 1,000 physicians and medical researchers from all parts of the nation.
He said it is now certain that "cancer will come under control, just as diabetes did."
"It is important that we keep cancer patients alive as long as possible, because we never know when the answer will come, and we are likely to have improvements in therapy before we know the whole nature of the disease."
"The answer could come next month, next year — or next week," he said.
Ravdin said research to date strongly suggests that "most human cancers are probably due to viruses and the answer in treatment will
probably be through a variety of chemical agents."
Definite proof that certain common types of cancer are "viral in origin" may be obtained "before another year is passed," he said.
"The best way to handle cancer that we know of, still is to remove the malignancy while it is local, and before it has grown or spread."
"At the same time we may have information on the control of such lesions by chemical agents which have been under careful scrutiny."
He said chemical therapy at present is an adjunct rather than a substitute for early surgery.
But he said clinical tests during the past two years have demonstrated that chemical agents can produce dramatic results with some types of cancer.
Ravdin said most researchers now are convinced that cancer is a family of diseases, and that a variety of chemical agents, rather than a single drug, will be necessary to cope with all of the viruses that may induce cancers.
Delinquency Booked
WASHINGTON—(UPI) —Twenty new publications about juvenile delinquency are available from the Superintendent of Public Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington 25, D.C.
None of the booklets cost more than 35 cents. Subject matter ranges from "Camps for Delinquent Boys" to "Report to the Congress on Juvenile Delinquency."
Needle in Time
NEW YORK—(UPI) —Influenza vaccinations for high risk groups are urged by Dr. James W. Raleigh, medical director of the American Thoracic Society. The reason: an upswing in flu is predicted for fall.
High risk groups include persons with lung disease, heart disease, diabetes and other chronic illnesses persons over 65 years of age and expectant mothers.
Welcome Alums of the University of Kansas
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1961 Homecoming
We are grateful for having had the privilege of serving the ever growing number of members of the faculty, the students and the grads during the past ninety-four years.
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how quiet is quiet?
Cats are notoriously silent in their singularly feline way. But even the most stealthily treading tomcat could take lessons from the men at Ford Motor Company whose job it is to track down and suppress unwanted noise in vehicles.
At our Ford Research and Engineering Center in Dearborn, engineers have created a unique room without echoes, virtually duplicating the perfect stillness that exists miles above the earth's surface.
The "Silent Room", as we call it, is a chamber utilizing fiber-glass wedges as sonic "blotters" to soak up noise emanating from subjects undergoing developmental tests. In this acoustically sterile environment, electronic instruments seek out the source of vibrations, rattles, rumbles and squeaks so that they can be eliminated in production.
This scientific approach to silence is but a tiny facet of the many-sided program of pure and applied research which goes on daily at Ford Motor Company. It is another example of Ford's leadership through scientific research and engineering.
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