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NMR La t BY FORE! Staff1 An estimated 805,000 Amer eluding about 9,000 people i million Americans living toda^ one out of four Americans. C< among children from age three In the early 1900's, almost , was assured certain death. Tl survival rate for cancer victim The Physical Sciences Cente cancer research. Two USC chemistry professc Paul Ellis, are using the Is Laboratory, in the Physical S known anti-cancer drug, 5-flu body. While 5-fluoruracil is known agent, Ellis admits, "We do i works. The NMR Lab aids in 01 Ellis said since the work w better understanding of the d effects has been developed,bu remain somewhat mysterious, Ellis said successful stud} r/iOr?V>lnrt offrtrtfr "We are trying to develop interactions of drugs," Ellis sa Ellis said research methods lead to breakthroughs in the un The NMR Lab is used for research. Other universities a of the reasources the NMR Lab Syracuse University uses structural analysis of DNA wh to study reactive metal surfac Ellis said since there are < country, demand for the us^ of The future of the NMR Lab i: on funding is reached. mmwmwmwm i ??t.][ij B t? M with nuistart : j chili and siav Gameroom ai Open til g jgsgm | Bar B-( fl served wit I IGameroom an Onpn til ! j Chocoli Sum i j 4$^ Buy One G( g Good Tod IGameroom an< Open til > Involved 3T BROWN Writer icans had cancer in 1981, inn South Carolina. Almost 56 f will eventually have cancer? incer is the number one killer j to fourteen. anyone who developed cancer irough research, the five-year is has risen to 41 percent, r at USC is also involved in the >rs, Dr. Bruce Dunlap and Dr. Juclear Magnetic Resonance ciences Center to study how a oruracil, works in the human to be an effective anti-cancer not understand how this drug lr understanding." ith 5-fluoruracil has begun, a rug in the early stages of its t processes of the later stages Ellis said. r of the drug will have far a recipe for the study of the Id. ? used in the NMR Lab could derstanding of other drugs, much more than just cancer md industries take advantage offers. the NMR Lab to study the ile Union Carbide uses the lab :es. jnly four similar labs in the the lab is high. s up in the air, until a decision 118 Inch I! ?bone /t? r- r- H it for Guys |H Warehouse ! j liver Rd., Cola. | i^s Rd.. W. 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Dunlap said, "Three fundamental c; interaction of the body with p agents, . . .such as cigarette smoking agent; or asbestos, which is a phys specifically ultraviolet light, and virus Dunlap said the three stages of ca stage, the regionalized stage, and the c Dunlap said, treating cancer in the portant. Estimates are that about 12 year could have been saved if their cai in time. Dunlap said for women, monthly periodic PAP tests have greatly aide however, only 25 percent of American breast examinations and have the PAF Dunlap advised everyone to heed c; signals: changes in bowel or bladder I not heal, unusual bleeding or dischaq in the breast or elsewhere, indigesti ficulty, an obvious change in a wart o cough or hoarseness. "Just because a person develops oi does not mean he has cancer," Dunl check-up with a doctor would be wise." oaZwtkr Sportswear 6 Specialty ( Custom Printing for Clubs Transfers and Lettering a*. 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K )f cancer is the tran- I lal cells, characterized H ?ins unchecked, death j auses of cancer are the hysical or chemical I *, which is a chemical lical agent; radiation, I ncer are the localized 9 idvar.ced stage. fl ' localized stage is im- fl 14,000 with cancer last jR ncer had been detected self-breast tests and id in early detections; women pu )rm these * tests, Dunlapsaid. ancer's seven warning labits, a sore that does le, thickening or lump st on or swallowing Hif r mole, and a nagging su or ne of these symptoms ap said, "However, a fij sa IT7U |]| Zo? Inc. m & Fraternities [ plferj Jj JSJ< m I TC 1 me jj lounge I Drive H ERS ! ) ! 8Y j SS | f Ih I B ii_rw 14 I I I i 3-8:00 ri NUTS S S fcMi ?* Helga Cohen operates used in the Nuclear Magn Lab. It is used to analyze eh* Cancer can strikealmost any part c rikes plays an important role in the jpor example, victims ot skin cai irvival rate while victims of canc< ily a 5 percent survival rate. 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