Five-year program begins
Prof to pursue cancer research
For the next five years at KU, medicinal chemistry associate professor Mathias P. Mertes will search for a new drug that may some day cure cancer.
The Public Service of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare has awarded Mertes an initial sum of $19,180, part of a five-year career development program for Mertes' research to be conducted at KU.
FOR THE PAST six years Mertes has been involved in an intensive cancer research program being conducted jointly by Wisconsin University and KU under government support.
The National Advisory Council on Cancer recommended that Mertes' research be supported for an additional four years ending
In the future Mertes will search for a selective inhibitor of thymidylic acid, widely considered by cancer researchers to be one of the controlling factors in cell division and growth.
in June, 1972, with amounts of additional grants determined annually. The initial grant will begin July 1.
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cer researchers is to be able to develop an agent that selectively attacks only cancerous cells." Mertes said. "We cannot yet distinguish chemically between cancerous cells and normal cells."
"The main frustration of 'can-
THE CANCEROUS process, simply an abnormal rapid rate of cell division, depends on the rate of synthesis of thymidylic acid, Mertes said. By treating certain isolated enzymes with various agents, he hopes to discover a thymidilic acid inhibitor to stop the cancer process and ultimately cure cancerous tissue.
Mertes, who has done considerable work with sedatives, hypnotics, and anti-cancer drugs under several government grants, received his Ph.D. in medicinal chemistry from Minnesota University in 1960. He earned his masters degree at Texas University in 1956 and received his Bachelor degree from Illinois University in 1954.
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KU woman awarded Miss Sorghum crown
A KU sophomore is national Sorghum Queen and is in line for Miss Kansas competition next July.
Linda Morris, member of Gamma Phi Beta from Ulysses, won her title in August 1966 in a pageant held in Dimmit, Texas. A total of 21 contestants from major sorghum-producing areas in the West and Midwest competed for the title that carried with it a $500 scholarship.
THROUGH BEING named Miss Grant County last year, Miss Morris became eligible for selection as Miss Kansas 1968. In addition, she was named runner-up in the law school's Fun Day Queen contest last weekend.
Miss Morris regards participation in beauty contests as beneficial. "It's a good experience to get on a stage and learn how to talk with people," she said. "And I enjoy most meeting the other girls."
Miss Morris' talent specialty is singing popular songs and she plans to use this when competing for Miss Kansas. She has taken voice lessons for four years, but will stop after this semester on the advice of her voice teacher, who believes untrained voices go farther in the field of popular music.
Miss Morris is a diminutive (5'2") brunette who says she
Future docs to see center
KU pre-med students will preview medical school life Saturday in a day-long program at the KU Medical Center in Kansas City.
Approximately 50 KU students are expected to attend, Dwight Mulford, admissions chairman, said yesterday. About 160 area students in all will attend the event.
Discussions, held in Battenfeld Auditorium in the Student Center, will include explanations of undergraduate preparation for medical school; financing of medical education; basic science years in medical school; the unique home care program and the clinical years of study.
MULFORD SAID registration will begin at 9:30 a.m. in the Student Center Building.
Sessions will be conducted by medical school faculty with question and answer periods included. A tour of the medical center also will be conducted by students presently enrolled in medicine. The program will conclude at 3 p.m.
MULFORD ENCOURAGED all KU students interested in medical school to attend.
likes being short but finds it a handicap in beauty contests. Most other contestants are taller.
She is majoring in elementary education, but wants to go into dramatics.
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