BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
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involves the removal of some marrow from a person, temporarily storing it, and then rein-
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fusing it in the same person. Development of the full scope of marrow transplants into man
necessarily will be slow, because the science of human tissue immunology must De further
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The exciting possibilities of marrow transplantation in man have already reestablished
interest and research in this field. One result that can be expected is the development of
therapeutic procedures which may be useful in several types of blood diseases. Other digcoverieg made as a result of current and future research in this field will be even more
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To this end, the Commission is supporting an estimated 90 percent of the work going on in
bone marrow transplantation, and both on-site and off-site laboratories are actively engaged
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SYMPOSIUM ON USE OF RADIOISOTOPES IN MARINE BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH
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developed, and human material suitable for study is scarce.
in experimental and clinical research.
The Commission, at the invitation of the Italian Committee on Nuclear Research (AEC’s
counterpart in Italy), will participate in a workship symposium September 15 to 29. The con-
ference will be held at the Naples Zoological Station, one of the foremost of its kind in the
world,
Present plans call for seven AECscientists actively engaged in radiobiological work with
aquatic organisms and seven European scientists to give lectures, classroom demonstrations,
and laboratory exercises to 20 graduate students. The topics to be covered include: (1) the use
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of radioisotopes in studies of the foods and feeding activities of marine animals, (2) the determination of oceanic primary productivity using carbon 14 tracer techniques, (3) tritium in biology
and hydrobiology, and (4) the movement of radiophosphorus in aquatic communities. Equipment
taken to Naples by the participating AEC scientists for the laboratory work will be left at the
zoological station on indefinite loan. (End Sy i.)
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