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University Daily Kansan
Campus/Area
Tuesday, Nov. 26, 1985
Med Center heeds criticism
Animal care unit improved
By Stefani Day Of the Kansan staff
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — The animal care unit at the University of Kansas Medical Center is on the road to righting several wrongs found in January by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, a Med Center official said last week.
An improved ventilation system, newly painted animal rooms and new cages are among the corrections made, said John Mulder, director of animal resources.
In January, the USDA criticized the animal care unit for not conforming to USDA standards. Some of the problems cited in the report included rusty cages, peeling paint and poor air circulation.
"In six months time we've made considerable effort and progress," said Mulder, who in April transferred from the animal care unit on the Lawrence campus to the Med Center. "We still have a long way to go, but we're now on the road."
He said other improvements in
cluded opening several special procedure rooms, such as a preparation room next to the surgery room, a room to treat sick animals and a diagnostic laboratory.
diagnostic laboratory.
"It it's not the best," Mulder said of the diagnostic lab. "but it's better than what we had — nothing."
Besides improvements in the building and equipment, Mulder said, changes were made in animal care personnel.
An Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee was appointed by D. Kay Clawson, executive vice chancellor for the Med Center, to bring problems to the attention of the administration. Also, animal care staff have attended training courses in animal care and former animal care director C.C. Templeman was transferred to the research office.
A plan to renovate the animal care unit had been approved before the inspection, but that plan has been scrapped. Clawson said.
tight now we're not going to spend any more money on a building that can't be put into compliance
with "accreditation standards," Clawson said.
Roger Lambson, vice chancellor for health policy and program development at the Med Center, said, "After the whole thing was studied and we evaluated the cost of renovating or constructing a new facility, a decision was made not to renovate."
Clawson said that about $300,000 had been allocated for planning and architect fees for the new building but that no money had been approved for the building itself, which would cost about $5.2 million.
"I think the critical factor now is funding for the new building." Mulder said. "If we don't get that, we're going to be in serious trouble again with the regulating agencies."
Anuray said the animal care unit had been inspected nearly every month since the report was issued in January. Inspectors have had no significant complaints, he said.
"The most recent investigation has uncovered no major deficiency." Lambson said.
Professor gets research grant
By a Kansan reporter
A researcher at the University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kan. has received a $115,500 cancer research grant from the American Cancer Society. The grant will support a program to develop drugs to fight cancer, the researcher, C.C Cheng, said yesterday.
"I consider myself lucky because nowadays it's hard to get grants," said Cheng, professor of pharmacology and director of the drug development laboratory at the Med Center.
"Our people are a hard working group, and I believe they probably know this. They know the money will be well spent," he said.
The grant runs from Jan. 1, 1986, to Dec. 31, 1986. Another $115,500 has been promised for the following year.
Stefan Vivona, vice president for research of the American Cancer Society, wrote in the letter to Cheng announcing the grant, "Because your application received an exceptionally high priority, the society is assuring you support for one additional year."
Cheng, who has been working on cancer research since 1955, helped develop the anticancer drug DHAQ, which is now being clinically tested.
DHAQ is thought to be especially effective at stopping breast cancer and also may work against leukemia.
and also they work against the best,
"DHAQ is probably one of the best,
if not the best, in the world," Cheng said.
"We want to develop something else now. We'll try to develop something else we hope is better."
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