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University Daily Kansan / Thursday, February 13, 1992
Directory spreads culture in county
By Shelly Solon
Kansan staff writer
A local organization is putting together its second annual cultural resource directory for Douglas County.
Lawrence public schools use last year's directory, which includes KU faculty and international students, to plan speeches and programs.
Celebration of Cultures Inc. organizes the Cultural Resources Directory, which was first published last spring. Douglas County residents of different cultures can offer their services, such as speech giving and storytelling, in the directory. The deadline to be included in the directory is Saturday.
Mary Beth Bialeck, secretary at Pinkney Elementary School, 810 W. Sixth St., said Pinckney sometimes used the directory.
"But we have so many people who contact us already doing about speaking, plays and everything
else," she said. "We don't even have to use it all the time, but we have used it and will use it if it is necessary."
Dan Jaimes, principal of Central Junior High School, 1400 Massachusetts St., said the directory was just one of the school's resources for cultural programs.
"We get several items of this sort, but we undoubtedly have used the directory in our planning at some point," he said. "It's good for the community to have so many resources open to it."
Gloria Throne, second-grade teacher at Woodland Elementary School, 608 Elm St., said she had storytellers who were listed in the directory come to her class. She said another teacher asked a listed speaker to talk to sixth graders about the Holocaust.
Throne, who was co-chair of the committee that put together last year's directory, said that schools had other sources but that the direc-
Nancy Marshall, who co-chaired the Celebration of Cultures Educational Committee, said the committee wanted to help schools learn about the cultural diversity in Dougall County. She said last year's directory had been sent to all the Douglas County schools.
"Eventually, we will hit a plateau when tons of people will participate, and we can reach out everywhere," Marshall said.
Nancy Bjorge, president of Celebration of Cultures Inc., said that American Indian culture would be a major theme in the directory and at the Celebration of Cultures Festival on April 18 at the Douglas County Fairgrounds.
The 1991 directory featured four American Indian speakers, including three Haskell Indian Junior College instructors.
Portions of genes identified; patent creates a controversy
The Associated Press
NEW YORK — Scientists say they have identified portions of 2,375 previously unknown human genes, using a technique that has led to a highly publicized dispute over gene patenting.
He is co-author of the report in the Feb. 6 issue of the journal *Nature*.
Combined with more than 300 gene portions previously found by a research project and reported last summer, the work may represent as much as percent of the entire completeness of human genes, researchers said.
The approach should help researchers find genes that cause disease as well as other genes, said J. Craig Venter of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke in Bethesda, Md.
Last year, the National Institutes of Health filed patent applications on the gene portions reported last summer, even though no one knew what the full
The report should help researchers isolate disease-causing genes.
genes did. Some prominent gene researchers criticized that move as premature.
NIH director Dr. Bernadine Healy announced yesterday that more patent applications would be filed on the newfound gene portions.
The research project focuses on the brain, where 30 percent to 50 percent of human genes are thought to be active, Venter said.
Genes are composed of building
blocks called bases, and the new research is aimed at identifying a portion of the bases for each of many genes. These portions can then be used to find the corresponding full genes, or they can be used to show where the full genes lie on the string-like structures called chromosomes, Venter said.
In addition, once the portions have been mapped onto the chromosomes, they will provide new markers that can help locate other genetic traits, he said.
Researchers found that 217 gene portions resembled parts of known genes, giving a clue about what the full genes may do. One portion apparently comes from an unknown gene involved in transporting a chemical that nerve cells use to communicate, and another apparently comes from a gene family that makes pump-like proteins linked to cystic fibrosis and some resistance to cancer drugs, Venter said.
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