Firefly research aids malaria drug quest in Vietnam
Morgantown researchers under an army contract test some 300 drugs weekly to stop malaria parasites in Vietnam. Drs. Saxe VanDyke Cenedella and technicians study ATP production in malarial parasites, using luciferin and luciferase from fireflies to gauge drug effects. Fireflies supply ATP light as a key research tool at the Medical Center Biological Science Building.
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Judy O
Knox VanDyke
Phor
Mor
Mocology
Med
Gantown
Richard Cenedella
Tom McClellan
Vietnam
Morgantown
Deway
ATP
Tim Saxe
Bates Road
Tom
McClellan
Erian
Medical
What Are Russians Up To Kremlin Seeks Space Age Knowledge
A Moscow based profile by Nino Lo Bello surveys Soviet science after Sputnik and the space race. It highlights Sergei Vsekhsvyatsky on Icarus and the 570,000 scientists, the Academy of Sciences, and key figures like Molodensky Landau Semyonov Pontecorvo Astaurov and others, noting state funding and the culture of scientific prestige as the USSR pursues long term endeavors.
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Soviet Union
Russia
Iron Curtain
Moscow
Nino LO Bello
Icarus
Sergei Vsekhsvyatsky
Vsekhsvyatsky
U.S.S
U.S.S.R
Rus
Asia
Academy
Pavlov
Mikhail Molodensky
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Thomas McClellan
Kremlin
Uch
Fan “Ism
Lev Landau
Landau
Boris Astaurov
Bruno Pontecorvo
Dubna
Volga River
Oak Ridge, Tenn
UPI
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Clinch River
Boston
Marilyn Smith
Gail Ye Foom
Anatoly Malakhov
Ural Mountains
Sverdlovsk
Col. Sanders
Suncrest Shopping Center