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Research grants totaling over $523,000 have been made to 4l1 scientists so far in 1960 by the Tobacco Industry Research Corn, tm'fte6-.if"was "amtr4aeed- yester• day • by chairman Timothy Vc ~ p Hattnett. ~, The projects lnclud•e work ui 8uch subjects as possible inter. Action of viruses and tobaccc smoke, environmental factors ant pimonary disease, coronary artm disease,. psychological difference: between sinokers and non-smok ers, characteristics of aromatit hydrocarbons, effect of tobacct 'WINSTON-SALEM JOURNAL -~.Winston-Salem, North Carolina Sep'tember 1, 1960 :?eFi`vative s`vatives on arterial and myb u cardi role of tht eaf Groal tissue cultures, nucleolus in normali and malignant cells and the effect of negativeiy charged ions on human trachea rants Total bronchial ciliary action. All grants are made by the Scientific Advisory Board com~ , ~ 2 an 0(~ posed of nine doctors, scientistd J<J 1 j and educators who retain their Institutional affiliations. Chairmatl of the board Is Dr. Kenneth Mer=' rill Lynch, chancellor of the Medi- cal College of South Carolina at Charleston. Hartnett said 20 of the '19G0 grants were new and 20 were for continuation of the work. Grants- In-aid by the Scientific Advisory Board to the TIRC have been made to over 100 independent scientists since mid-1954, and re- cipients have already published more than 120 research papers on their investigations, he said. TIRC, has so far appropriated $3,700,000' for its continuing research pro: gram. SCIENCE September Vol. 132, iRR NEWS & COURIER ~ O i/ Q ~ R .~-.4 1 Y Charleston, South Carolina 11 l~.~ September 1, 1960 Tobacco research. Research grants 9j 1960 totaling more than $523,000 have been No. 3428 made to 40 scientists in 1960 by the Tobacco Industry Research Committee. -1 , Twenty of the grants are new, atid 20 ~ are for continuation of work under way. More than 100 independent scientists N~ have received support since mid-1954. The committee has so far appropriated ~$37 million for its continuing research . ~ program. All grants are made by the Wenti9c Advisory Board, composed of M nine physiciaits, scientists, and educ2- ~ tora; who retain their institutional af- 0 fi.liations. Chairman of the board is ~ Kenneth M. Lynch, chancellor of the Medical College of' South Carolina, Charleston. oN NEws Medica! Researcher Los Angeles, CaliforniaGets Tobacco Grant September 21, 1960 Hans L. Falk, senior re- search associate of the de- artr.nent of pathology at the ~C School of Medicine, has been given a grant from the Tobacco Ind'ustry Research Colfi4tTitlee. Falk will use the money to sthzdy the effects of tobac- Co smoke condensates on ~ / 0~3~~3~g1 ~ Research `Grant , , Three research grant:s. totaling t outgrowth of the fact that.cet`t9W ;133,000 have recently been l strains of staphylococcus are sistant to eradication 6y 8ntfbl awarded to the Medical College of South Carolina by the U. S. tcs Department of Health, Education Dr. .lohn 'H: Wynn Jr . 8sso• and Welfare. tlate of the Dept. of.Microbiologq ' In addition, three medical scicn- is the principal :investigatof 'tists at the Medical College have among the, personnel at the..co1+' been a.vardedresearch grants by lege carrying on the rese9rch... .• e Tobacco Industry Research Receiving grants from theT11. '~ mmittee. 1 bac .Industry Researclt Conun- Two of the grants concern heart ~~f-tUdies.. One, valued at $30;000. lnvolves a three _ year project to study cardiovascular sounds. This ~ gtant was awarded to the Med- ~. ical College's Dept. of Medicine. 1 The purpose of Dr. Dale Grooms, Ahe department's principal investi- gator, will. be to study heart sounds so as to be able to dis- ~ 'tinguish between those which nor- ~.~ Inally indicate coronary disease rather than a healthy heart. z A secand three year grant of - $6I,000 will involve the Dept. of $urgery with Dr Wendelli B ,.. NThrower as the principal investi- ~ator. 'This grant is provided to study mechanicall assisted circulation in heart' failure. The study is to de- fermine whether the heart-lung by - pass equipment used com- monly for heart surgery can be used to take over the work of' a 'person in heart' failure long enough to allbw the heart and patient to become stronger. - A, $42,000 grant has been made .to the Dept. of Microbiolbgy to search for new treatments of a bacterial infection in infants and hospital patients which is beeom- fng increasingly difficult to com- bat. This research grant to study staphylococcus organisms is an tee are Dr. Lawrence L.;HesteL Jr., professor and.chairman of thf Dept. of Gynecology and Obstet• rics at the Medical Cpllege for work on the reationship oE.tobac+ co, use to the outcome of, pre#- nancy; Dr. Forde A. Mciver,.8s+ sistant professor in pathology for research in the effects of asbestOs dust in pulmonary 'diseases; ahd Dr. H. R: Pratt - Thnmas; a.pi q• fessor of pathology for study •4 carcinogenis in laboratory ael+ mah. The 1960 tobacco grahts, tolsAf• ing over $523,000, go to 46 sdett! Itists all over the country. All the tobacco study gt•ai]tK are made by the Scientific Advi.*- ory Board, composed of ninb 8o~ tors, scientists and educators wlth retain ther institutional ` affi0a., tions. Chairman of the board lA Dr. Kenneth Merrill Lynch, chen• cellor of the Medical College of South Carolina. Previous grants which the•M" ical College has received this year include ;;,35,80o from the Amert• can Cancer Society, • for researclf on cancer of the ceiwix; $26,A29 from several agencies for rea search in cancer and heart -dij• eases and $71,87R:33 by the Ampi!• ican Medical Education FotytdA• tion to improve and promote med ical education generally. i 1003543381 BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL October 1, 1960 Research grants totalling over $523,000 have already been made to 40 scient!sts in 1960 by the Tobacco Industry Research Committee of the United States of America. Among the factors being studied are the possible interactionn of viruses and tobacco smoke, environmental factors and pulmonary disease, coronary aftery disease, psychological differences between smokers and non-smokers, characteristics of aromatic hydrocarbons, the effect of tobacco derivatives on arterial and mydcardial' tissue cultures, the role ot the nucleolus in normal and malignant cells, and the effect of negatively charged ions on human tracheo-bronchial ciliary action. All grants are made by the Sc;entific Advisory Board, composed of nine doctors, scientists, and educators, who retain their institutional afliliations, under the chair- manship of Dr. K. Meanira. LnNcH, chancellor of the Medical College of South Carolin Chle a,arston:•