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A Publication for Faculty and Staff of the University of Mia
mi
Volume 17, Number 10 November 8, 1976
UM Researchers Make Cancer Discovery
by Jack Oswald Public Information School of Medicine
UM medical researchers are part of a team which has made a significant advance towards controlling pancreatic cancer < PaCa)—one of the most insidious of the malignant killers—by producing a culture of live human PaCa cells and discovering that the enzyme asparaginase specifically attacks the cultured cells.
-Dr. Adel A. Yunis, professor of medicine, chief of the devision of hematology and director of center for blood diseases at the School of Medicine, is the principal investigator on the project.
The pancreatic carcinoma culture—the first of two now known to exist—has been maintained for two and a half years and is named MIA PaCa-2. MIA refers to the fact that progenitor cells came from tissue obtained from a Miami victim of PaCa.
The exciting and unique aspect of the work so far has been the discovery that asparaginase shows a specificity for destroying cultured PaCa. The enzyme has been used successfully in chemotherapeutic assaults against acute leukemia in children, but its potentials against PaCa never had been investigated.
As in many important scientific advances, the investigators were not looking
TIIE WHITE HOI SE
uashinctov
October 22, 1976
My wannest greetings to the students, faculty and alumni of the University of Miami on the occasion of its half-century of distinguished service to higher education in our country.
From its modest beginning fifty years ago to its present position as an active and influential member of our nation's educational community, the University of Miami has remained true to the ideals of individual self-fulfillment and academic excellence.
I welcome the opportunity to congratulate the many accomplishments of its graduates and the professional achievements of its faculty and administration.
I hope that this will be a memorable and enjoyable homecoming celebration for all who attend. My best wishes go out to those who will guide the course of this fine institution in the years ahead.
PRESIDENT GERALD R. FORD joined those wishing UM a happy Golden Anniversary in late October. The original copy of his greetings, along with a letter of congratulations from Governor Reubin Askew, will be displayed in the outer office of the student activities office in the Whitten Student Union.
specifically for a PaCa culture when they found it. They were attempting to establish a number of human tumors in culture to examine the tumor’s ability to secrete a clot-dissolving agent with which the team had done extensive work.
PaCa was among the cancers studied and after some six or eight tries they succeeded in growing it. Dr. David Russin, a surgeon at Mount Sinai Hospital, Miami Beach, provided Dr. Yunis with pancreatic cancer tissue from which the culture was started.
“On reviewing medical literature, we found to our surprise that a PaCa culture had never been reported,” Dr. Yunis said.
United Way: Time to Give
With the University’s United Way drive deadline one day away, drive chairman Robert Fuerst said it appeared UM would not meet its pledge goal of $90,000 for 1976-77 unless there were a “dramatic response” to an Oct. 21 letter from President Henry King Stanford asking for support.
Mr. Fuerst, assistant dean of the faculties, said, however, pledge cards turned in after UM’s Oct. 30 deadline still could make an impact since the county’s drive does not end until Nov. 15.
As of Oct. 21, Dr. Stanford said, only 26 per cent of the UM community had
“Being able to grow pancreatic cancer cells represents a step forward in understanding one of the major cancer killers,” he said. “More than half its victims die within three to six months after diagnosis—once the symptoms and signs become evident, it’s too late to treat because of the wide dissemination of the cancer. Therefore, development of early diagnosis methods is extremely important.”
Armed with their new’ tool—and with a $150,000 grant from the National Cancer Institute which has a national program on
Continued on page 2
There’s Still Your Share
responded positively to United Way, for a pledge total of $58,709.07. That is 65 per cent of the goal set in late August.
“The United Way has commitments for supporting $52,000 of University of Miami community-related programs,” Dr. Stanford said in his university-wide appeal. “Won’t you reconsider and support the University and community in w’hich you live by turning in a pledge card to the key person in your division?”
Final figures on the UM drive will be reported as soon as they become available. “We hope those figures will push us over the top,” Mr. Fuerst said.
Greenberg New Trustee
Miami attorney Melvin N. Greenberg has been elected a regular member of the UM Board of Trustees. He fills the vacancy occasioned by the death of John Ring.
A senior partner in the law firm of Greenberg, Traurig, Hoffman, Lipoff & Quentel, P.A., he received his B.A. and LL.M. degrees from New York University’
and his LL.B. degree from the University’ of Florida. He was admitted to the Florida Bar in 1952 and has been a lecturer at the UM School of Law.
Mr. Greenberg is a member of the Society of University Founders, has served on the UM Citizens Board since 1967 and is a member of the UM Athletic F ederation.
Business School Honors 13 Faculty Members
The School of Business Administration honored 13 of its faculty members with teaching, research and service awards of $500 each at a Nov. 5 Homecoming luncheon.
Dr. Edward J. Fox, dean of the School, presented “Outstanding Teacher" awards to nine faculty’ members: Kermit L.
Roberts, accounting; Dr. Nicholas A. Glaskowsky Jr., business management and organization; Dr. Rodney P. Stiefbold, politics and public affairs; Dr. Lanny E. Streeter, economics; Dr. Roy J. Hensley, economics; Dr. Joseph A. Von Arx. business law; Donald A. Wiesner, business law; Dr. Brian F. O’Neil, business
management and organization, and Dr. Irwin Kruger, management science.
“Outstanding Research” awards went to: Dr. Joseph J. Moder, management science; Dr. James C. Vadakin, economics; Dr. Dan Steinhoff Jr., business management and organization; Dr. William W. Swart, management
science; Dr. Stiefbold and Dr. Hensley.
Dr. Vadakin also received the School s “Outstanding Service” award.
The honored faculty were selected by a faculty committee on the basis of student and alumni evaluations, chairmen's ratings and other pertinent data. Dean Fox said.
Inside This Issue
...Guest Artists Series opens, page 2
...Canterbury Child Care Center, pages ...Faculty Senate meets Nov. 8, page 6
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| Full Text | ' er?*: .-¿a A Publication for Faculty and Staff of the University of Mia mi Volume 17, Number 10 November 8, 1976 UM Researchers Make Cancer Discovery by Jack Oswald Public Information School of Medicine UM medical researchers are part of a team which has made a significant advance towards controlling pancreatic cancer < PaCa)—one of the most insidious of the malignant killers—by producing a culture of live human PaCa cells and discovering that the enzyme asparaginase specifically attacks the cultured cells. -Dr. Adel A. Yunis, professor of medicine, chief of the devision of hematology and director of center for blood diseases at the School of Medicine, is the principal investigator on the project. The pancreatic carcinoma culture—the first of two now known to exist—has been maintained for two and a half years and is named MIA PaCa-2. MIA refers to the fact that progenitor cells came from tissue obtained from a Miami victim of PaCa. The exciting and unique aspect of the work so far has been the discovery that asparaginase shows a specificity for destroying cultured PaCa. The enzyme has been used successfully in chemotherapeutic assaults against acute leukemia in children, but its potentials against PaCa never had been investigated. As in many important scientific advances, the investigators were not looking TIIE WHITE HOI SE uashinctov October 22, 1976 My wannest greetings to the students, faculty and alumni of the University of Miami on the occasion of its half-century of distinguished service to higher education in our country. From its modest beginning fifty years ago to its present position as an active and influential member of our nation's educational community, the University of Miami has remained true to the ideals of individual self-fulfillment and academic excellence. I welcome the opportunity to congratulate the many accomplishments of its graduates and the professional achievements of its faculty and administration. I hope that this will be a memorable and enjoyable homecoming celebration for all who attend. My best wishes go out to those who will guide the course of this fine institution in the years ahead. PRESIDENT GERALD R. FORD joined those wishing UM a happy Golden Anniversary in late October. The original copy of his greetings, along with a letter of congratulations from Governor Reubin Askew, will be displayed in the outer office of the student activities office in the Whitten Student Union. specifically for a PaCa culture when they found it. They were attempting to establish a number of human tumors in culture to examine the tumor’s ability to secrete a clot-dissolving agent with which the team had done extensive work. PaCa was among the cancers studied and after some six or eight tries they succeeded in growing it. Dr. David Russin, a surgeon at Mount Sinai Hospital, Miami Beach, provided Dr. Yunis with pancreatic cancer tissue from which the culture was started. “On reviewing medical literature, we found to our surprise that a PaCa culture had never been reported,” Dr. Yunis said. United Way: Time to Give With the University’s United Way drive deadline one day away, drive chairman Robert Fuerst said it appeared UM would not meet its pledge goal of $90,000 for 1976-77 unless there were a “dramatic response” to an Oct. 21 letter from President Henry King Stanford asking for support. Mr. Fuerst, assistant dean of the faculties, said, however, pledge cards turned in after UM’s Oct. 30 deadline still could make an impact since the county’s drive does not end until Nov. 15. As of Oct. 21, Dr. Stanford said, only 26 per cent of the UM community had “Being able to grow pancreatic cancer cells represents a step forward in understanding one of the major cancer killers,” he said. “More than half its victims die within three to six months after diagnosis—once the symptoms and signs become evident, it’s too late to treat because of the wide dissemination of the cancer. Therefore, development of early diagnosis methods is extremely important.” Armed with their new’ tool—and with a $150,000 grant from the National Cancer Institute which has a national program on Continued on page 2 There’s Still Your Share responded positively to United Way, for a pledge total of $58,709.07. That is 65 per cent of the goal set in late August. “The United Way has commitments for supporting $52,000 of University of Miami community-related programs,” Dr. Stanford said in his university-wide appeal. “Won’t you reconsider and support the University and community in w’hich you live by turning in a pledge card to the key person in your division?” Final figures on the UM drive will be reported as soon as they become available. “We hope those figures will push us over the top,” Mr. Fuerst said. Greenberg New Trustee Miami attorney Melvin N. Greenberg has been elected a regular member of the UM Board of Trustees. He fills the vacancy occasioned by the death of John Ring. A senior partner in the law firm of Greenberg, Traurig, Hoffman, Lipoff & Quentel, P.A., he received his B.A. and LL.M. degrees from New York University’ and his LL.B. degree from the University’ of Florida. He was admitted to the Florida Bar in 1952 and has been a lecturer at the UM School of Law. Mr. Greenberg is a member of the Society of University Founders, has served on the UM Citizens Board since 1967 and is a member of the UM Athletic F ederation. Business School Honors 13 Faculty Members The School of Business Administration honored 13 of its faculty members with teaching, research and service awards of $500 each at a Nov. 5 Homecoming luncheon. Dr. Edward J. Fox, dean of the School, presented “Outstanding Teacher" awards to nine faculty’ members: Kermit L. Roberts, accounting; Dr. Nicholas A. Glaskowsky Jr., business management and organization; Dr. Rodney P. Stiefbold, politics and public affairs; Dr. Lanny E. Streeter, economics; Dr. Roy J. Hensley, economics; Dr. Joseph A. Von Arx. business law; Donald A. Wiesner, business law; Dr. Brian F. O’Neil, business management and organization, and Dr. Irwin Kruger, management science. “Outstanding Research” awards went to: Dr. Joseph J. Moder, management science; Dr. James C. Vadakin, economics; Dr. Dan Steinhoff Jr., business management and organization; Dr. William W. Swart, management science; Dr. Stiefbold and Dr. Hensley. Dr. Vadakin also received the School s “Outstanding Service” award. The honored faculty were selected by a faculty committee on the basis of student and alumni evaluations, chairmen's ratings and other pertinent data. Dean Fox said. Inside This Issue ...Guest Artists Series opens, page 2 ...Canterbury Child Care Center, pages ...Faculty Senate meets Nov. 8, page 6 |
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