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JUNE 29 - JULY 5, 2005
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Woodward Apartments
1BR-$450
2BR-$550
3BR-$595
Washer/Dryer
$200 cash back at move in
$199 security deposit
6th and Michigan
Kasold on the Curve Townhomes
2BR-$545
2+BR-$645
3BR-$685
Laundry Rooms
Large Floorplans
California Apartments
1BR-$460
2BR-$565
3BR/2 Bath/2 Car Garage-$940
Great floor plans
Most with W/D hookups
5th and California
Hanover Townhomes
Two BR Townhomes
W/D hookups
Garage
Private off-street parking
Bradford Square
2 & 3 Bedrooms
Lots of space!
501 Colorado
Jacksonville Apartments
1BR-$460
2BR-$550
On-site laundry
Cats allowed
Security deposit-$199
700 Monterey Way
Country Club Apartments
Rates starting at $675
2BR and two bathrooms
W/D provided
830 square feet
512 Rockledge Road
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Lindley annex destroyed
Employees of B.A. Green Construction Co., Inc., began demolition of the Lindley Annex, south of Lindley Hall at Naismith Drive and Crescent Road. The structure on the left is all that remained of the building on June 22.
KU gets $8 million to find male pill
BY ADAM LAND
aland@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
Researchers at the University of Kansas are trying to even the responsibility for birth control by giving men a stab at taking a daily pill. Researchers received an $8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to research reversible male contraceptives.
Today only women can take a pill to prevent pregnancy, but KU researchers found a compound, which they call gamendazole, that they hope to make into a pill. It blocked fertility in 75 percent of rats by week three, said Gunda Georg, distinguished professor of medicinal chemistry.
The research done so far has been a joint venture between the Lawrence campus and the University of Kansas Medical Center, said Georg, the lead researcher.
Joseph Tash, associate professor of molecular integrated physiology, oversees the Med Center side of the project, which conducts the animal testing.
"I'm interested in drug discovery," Georg said. "But it works well because I develop the drugs and Dr. Tash administers them."
The group began working on a reversible male contraceptive compound, which would later be turned into a pill, five years ago, Georg said. The Institute posted research areas it was interested in seeing research, and Georg was interested.
During the next five years Georg and the rest of the team worked to find which compounds induced sterility.
To test compounds and combinations
of them the team grows E. coli, which is a bacterium, and tests the compound against it. The goal is to have the compound cause the E. coli to create enzymes that will stop fertility.
University researchers have thousands of compounds to sift through and combine. Thanks to the new grant, a new set of more than 100,000 compounds are set to arrive at the University.
The trick, Georg said, was to find compounds with no toxicity or serious side effects.
"Because you're dealing with young people it becomes demanding because you have to have a very safe product," Georg said.
Currently the researchers are testing the compounds on rats. With further development and refinement, the compound would be tested on rabbits, then monkeys and finally people. Researchers cannot estimate a time frame of when the drug would be available to the public, Georg said. The Food and Drug Administration would get involved before any human testing would be allowed, Georg said.
The idea of male contraception is a great idea, Justin La Mort, Cherryville senior, said.
He said that pregnancy was one of the worst things he could think of, and he would take the pill just to be responsible and not have that happen.
Kate Zickuhr, Wichita sophomore, said she would have her boyfriend take it.
site would have her boy. "I don't trust myself," Zickuhr said. "I think it would be nice to have the extra security."
- Edited by Erin M. Droste