Scientists Seek New Irradiation Process
Scientist engineers Hoffman and Schmer develop a cobalt-60 irradiation method to coat plastics with a hydrogel layer that biocompatibly bonds to body fluids. The process creates surfaces that can carry active molecules such as streptokinase and heparin for potential medical uses including heart valves artificial skin and catheters.
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Eldon Barrett
Seattle, Wash
UPI
Allen Hoffman
Gottfried Schmer
University of Washington School of Medicine
Department of Laboratory Medicine
Atomic Energy Commission
Elaine Stewart Returns To TV After Starlet Era
Elaine Stewart, once MGM under contract and star of The Bad and the Beautiful, models on the game show Gambit produced by her husband Merrill Heatter. She retired in 1960, invested in real estate, and now balances motherhood with television work on CBS. She and Heatter-Quigley Productions also produce The Hollywood Squares. Also safety note: Chicago advises holding a child’s hand on escalators and avoiding skirt guards.
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Tinsel Town
Elaine Stewart
MGM
Elaine
Merrill Heatters
Heatter
Merrill
CBS
Metro
Chicago
UPI
National Safety Council
Computer Therapy Aims to Replace Some Psychiatric Listening
Harvard and Birmingham researchers show a small computer can perform functions of human listeners in psychotherapy trials. Patients told their troubles to both human and electronic listeners, with some preferring the machine. The approach could cut costs and augment scarce professionals while not replacing clinicians.
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Joseph M. Chapman
Birmingham
Ala
UPI
Harvard
University of Alabama In Birmingham
UBA
Charles Slack
Uba Medical Center
Warmer Slack
New England Journal of Medicine
Slack Brothers
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