Flint Hill Bridge Chib

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Flint Hill Bridge Chib Meets with Mrs. Miller

The Flint Hill Bridge Club was entertained Monday evening by Mrs. Paul Miller at ler home. Members present were Mrs. John S. Browning, Mrs. J. L. Jenkins, Mrs. M.R. Bradford, Jr., Mrs. Galley W. Smith, Jr., Mrs. Harry Lee Smith, Mrs. B. J. Wood, Mrs. Earl Edmonds, Mrs. Locke Burford, Mrs. Emory Russell, Mrs. James Massie, Mrs. Thomas East ham, and Mrs. William A. Moore, Jr. Prizes were won by Mrs. Galley Smitlj Mrs. Moore, Mrs. Russell and Mrs. Browning.

Cancer Reasearch

At Medical College

Richmond, Va.—A Medical College of Virginia scientist has isolated from 24 different plants certain substances which behave as antibodies do, a finding which suggests the possibility of diagnosing leukemia (cancer of the bloodforming tissues) even before symptoms appear. This was disclosed today by the American Cancer Society in a report on Society supported research by Dr. Ali A. Hossaini, director of the Blood Bank and assistant professor of clinical pathology at the Medical College of Virginia. The plant substances isolated by Dr. Hossaini are called lectins (from the Latin word, legere, to select) and make certain human white blood cells clump together. One of the substances seems to be specific for leukemic cells, but it has been tested sofarin only three patients. If this finding should stand up under further testing, it would offer a chance not only for the early detection of leukemia but also for the preparation of antidotes to overcome the chemical defect in leukemia.

Both antibodies and lectins are extremely selective in the chemical targets they attack. Antibodies are so specific in their targets that they are used with great precision in science to indicate the presence of certain proteins and otheT chemicals among the many thousands of compounds which| may be in a sample of blood or tissue. Antibodies also will show the genetic relationship! between various animals or people. As more and more! | lectin^ are di8covered,they I are' beginning to take on the [ job of antibodies.

Lectins are obtained from the seeds of certain plants. In his research at the Medical College, Dr. Hossaini has been testing plant extracts for lectin (or antibody-like) activity against antigens on red cells and white cells inhuman blood. Antigens are large mole cules which are alien to host chemistry; d i s e a s e-causing viruses and microbes carry

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In the Register

Who and where this block names, as the paper's Register counts them. Kinship is what this block itself says.

Name	Here as	Kinship stated	In the paper
Mrs. Paul Miller	—	—	2,016
Mrs. John S. Browning	—	—	1,271
L. Jenkins	—	—	545
Mrs. M. R. Bradford	—	—	849
W. Smith	—	—	299
Mrs. Harry Lee Smith	—	—	837
Mrs. B. J. Wood	—	—	415
Mrs. Earl Edmonds	—	—	545
Mrs. Emory Russell	—	—	739
Mrs. James Massie	—	—	281

Name

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Kinship stated

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Mrs. Paul Miller

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2,016

Mrs. John S. Browning

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1,271

L. Jenkins

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