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SCiEnCE I@~$ LE'I~E8 July 8, 1961 ~ED~¢B~Z Virus Link to Cancer Viruses hove been shown to bind together cancer- causing materials in test tubes. Researchers believe viruses serve as carriers of the cancer agenls, Foye Morley reports. A FRESH ,~ePROACH i~J the ¢all¢~r ~11~ the Alll~t~¢an Mcdt¢;/] A~ation ~n rCnllOtl in N¢'~ Yo;k ill ~1 rcuort ]lnkln~ ~alnnll~r~ hum;in ~Tuses x~itll tile ~i~e~e~q] I)r~ Christopher M, Maril~, 51gmundm of the .%tt~r~ Hall Culte,~ of Medlclr~¢ in Jersey City. N, J, reported studies in mi¢¢ tl~at m~/¸ po~thl app] r tO cancer~ inclvd illg ]eukcmla {blood cancer), }ymphom~ (I)lnph,g]and c~nc¢r~) and fibr~,;~r¢oma~ (¢o0n~¢t]ve or ~r.t~$~u~ cancers), The r~scar~h~r~ [~uJl~ on ~Jous ~llrk done a~ ~lllr as 1944 in pinneer exper]. IIl~llts al th~ ]~<~kef~ller ln~thute hi¸ ])l~, Peyton R~u~ and W, F, Frlede~ald, and nt ~te University by the I~t¢ Dr, F. Duran Rrvna;~ and by Mr~ M, L, l)vr~n Revm~]s, The ~l~vest~at~r~ iniected nil¢~ "whh Iiiot]er~tc d~ of p~llovlr~ls type t~o, ~;Irlely of Rripw-I~ke di~asc~ox~ackir B4 a~d ECHO type,9--~nd found tha~ they dev¢l~rd no ~l~ificanl disease. d.nethvl L~e.z;mthra~c~lc (1)MBA) and n,~r tu~0r~ Thrn l)r, Mart~n and his ~x~llen~ues tried g]xing the ~m¢ dos~ of one ot the virusc~ ;ind one of I]l~ car¢ino~n~ "~ith the re~u]t that a variety of cancers develol~td in the of mlc¢ against la~¢iota ~JF~. ;e~Jeri~ thcnl ]l]gh]y re~ist~nt to ~a¢~inia infe~lion. T~ey lhen ¢~mp~rtd the effect of injecting xa~.~i~l vlru~ plul ])?~']A into Ihe~e pro. tc¢~d J~;¢¢ and ~lto Doff immunized nlice ~il~ ~u~cepfi[lle tu vacdnla, nnd ~ound tlult ized, ~.~¢¢~n]a-~u<ept]bl¢ mice¸ Dr, M~ttin said that by nddlllg ta~eino- gens tagged with rnlli~edve c~rl:on.14 ;~t~Jm~ t~ ~oluth~n~ ~f }~ghly concentrated. purified vlr~cs, they wcr© ;iblr to shrew th~Lt lirose~ bhld ntillutr qtl;tnt]tles n[ carc~nllge~ in Ihe test t~llel, "tilt cancer. ¢~m~i.g ~ir~ rc~dn~ the al~]lity to invade ~11~, ~h~h Ih~ re,ear.hers have inter II.,t specific imn~ur~ity 0g.lin~t the vi~.~ t~f ;~ ¢;irct,~rntlrU~ pa~r would i~r,,tcct Th~ car~irlogcn~ec~r ¢oncepI~ (he r~ iLl,much ~ it intro,3,~¢e~ the Uc~ss]~il~t? th:~t ~/~e fOCl~lS of can~¢r may be pm~ent ;ible lhtou~h suppression {if the ~arr~r /~3¸ ;~l~,,Ihcr ClltCtr SltlL{V ~;,~ r~l~,~lcd hv l)r, Stephen Ri)~lmu, n uf tile Unilerslty of (~h;c~ and Argonne {~/neer R~arch HospltM. ~hieh is Lv'eratcd f~,r tile At~mk EIIrrR~¸ f~..llt~l]~]tlrl [~y t]:e Unlverslty, "t'~h~ng Uganda, ]Ll~t Afri¢,% with ~1 other physi~i:uls "from al1 oxer th~ xvor}d • ~ho ~tt©~]~ it ~y~llpoS~Ol~ at M~kerere C4~]lege/Or, Rmhnl~l/ found t]~0t a e;tneer rare in this ¢<qlnlry ~s ~00 t~rl~es ~ore prev~klcnt in the Co,go, ,~oulll Africa and olher part~ of Afri¢~ ~hcre the ¢limntr ~s ¢onslsient[y v* ,'~ff~, The disuse, whi¢~ accomp,mi¢~ poor ¢ir- eul~tio. ~nd tho'A~ u0 first a~ d~rk, bluish ~ot~ on the backs o~ the to~ and fin£¢r~, i~ ~all~d Kapo~i% sargonm, ~EWA~K NS~S Bewark~ Nev Jersey June 29, 1961 ShowVirus Can_n r Link Research Workers of Seton Hall Team Give Report Stuf¢ C,~ ~¢~p.tttinnt. tltmal Institute of Health, ex- pthh'~l tvat man often comet in L, ontlet with the~e cttrcinogczt~ in amounts in lrMtzstxl~ wttste~, a ~rv foods ar~ in air polluta.ts, tm¢l ~'et only very inrSe amou~,~ will ord~arlly cause ~n~r in labora~ry animMt. NCpaliUs ~tt~y In another 5eld, a ht£My e, t.vtlrtt#ng development in thP bat. fie |gtlast intectiou~ hep~tihs-- • rtrlti~v ip'mvln$ ailment in the NEW ~ORK--A research te~ Unitetl Sthths--wa~ r~l:erted to from SpI.~ HalI College at MedJ the forum by a Chinago acin~list cl.e ~n Jersey Clin. N J,. t0<ta~¸ Reporting On ~ in.r-year ~t~t" present~ ~imlinxts ]inid,~ tQm m0n h~ma. x, irt~Pg to ¢|ncer in Involvi~ the inocuinlinn ol ~some mi~e and possibb¸ e~enthg ~ 115 lnmlte-whmteccs ~t I]]i~oi~ "lrcsh ~pproach to the hummn ~ttth p~altentlery It Jo~t, Ill. e~nc~r problem" Dr. Jmep~ D. Bt:¢~ cited these Tbo team o~Dr, C.hdstoph~r ~,1 fin6i~; ~artin, assistJ~t pto~¢sso¢ at 1--Hepa~itis virusel have bern .~ici.. ~M director ol the di. t~cked do~ tnd 'q~oint*d" ri~ion ~ I~eetiou~ ~tseakes; D~ t-These vltl~ hive hien ;tre- ~i~mtmdur I*i~sso~, a xesetr~h ees.~fu]~ ~wa in" iW.mt n cell eld- re]low in the dJelsion, i~t~ mecli, t~'es ]11 inborltm'lu. ~'al ~tiMe,ts PIthip J. Go~¢t~skl I--When t~eed into hu. and Gerald F, Hlnsen, z~porlM o~ their ret~art'h at tl~ A~eriea~ Medical A~melBti~m forum at the C~li$8~m m~s, I1~ ~alt ured ~ruseo ~'oduee he!~titit. ~-Weaiened ~ taken from hepatitis victims and Wen to others ~timula~e lh~ oraduction of u~lbod]es, coo.t~ri vlr~es and ippare.t~ They said the stu4ie$ with nde~ indicated lhst Imman Vir~P,& van pick ap small ~mo~nL$ ol etncer. pioduein~ ehemleals ¢allt~i ear" c~ogon~. ~ h>' carWinB them immunity. mlo cells sl~rt the e&n~r pre~s~. Dr. Martin. ~bo he~d~ the tw,.year tt~<ty financed by the US Pu~e Health ~ervine'~ Na.