The Coral Gables Times

Thursday, April 20, 1961, page 6 (of 24)

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Monkeys Beat Rats at UM In Giving Boost to Science

By GAIL MARSHALL Correspondent Monkey business at the University of Miami School of Medicine may someday save your life. Pygmy marmosets are being imported from South America for experimental use in the university's research laboratories. These small monkeys will do away with many problems caused by the use of rodents for most testing projects. The marmoset, which is about the size of a laboratory rat, offers resemblances to man which the rodents are lacking. Several hundred are now in Miami, and it is hoped that they will eventually breed in captivity. The school's research department handles some 200 different programs, most of which are designed to help you lead a longer and healthier life. Testing is being done in the field of gerontology, the study of old age and its diseases. One project involves a "living laboratory" of humans in the study of the sociological and psychological aspects of aging. Elderly patients of the regular Jackson Hospital clinics are examined by a team of men in the fields of sociology, psychology and medicine. The project involves some 80 patients ranging in age from 72 to 105. One is added every week, and none are dropped until death. Testing includes the relationship of illness in aging, the factor of loneliness and the effect of nutritional habits. The presence on the campus of two strains of laboratory rats inbred for 60 or more generations to some interesting speculations in longevity. One strain normally lives about 14 months, the other almost twice as long. The rats are being studied in a metabolism-testing apparatus, in activity cages, and in many other ways to determine whether people live longer when they are active or whether survival is better in the more inactive individual. Why do some cells of the body live for the lifetime of the person while others die in a short time? Why are some cells irreplaceable, while others, as in the skin or blood, live, die, and are replaced by the same kind of cell? What happens to the cells of an old animal in a young host, or vice versa? The departments of physiology, biochemistry, together with microbiologists, botanists, zoologists and others, are seeking to answer some of these basic questions on the aging process within the cell. The difference in the skin cells of men and women has long been known, but only recently have the experimenters been able accurately to measure them. Other studies are being made involving the elasticity and secretions of the skin. It has been shown that unexposed skin does not age in the same way as skin which is not protected by clothing. The UM School of Medicine is in the process of expanding its research programs among medical students, Latin American students and physicians, and among graduate students in the basic medical sciences. In less than nine years of growth, the research department has acquired funds of close to four million dollars. This money is working for your health and happiness. The Pygmy Marmoset Clowns It Up . . . helping tell scientific secrets

City Awards Vehicle Bids Totaling Nearly $50,000

Nearly $50,000 worth of motor vehicles was ordered purchased by the Coral Gables City Commission. The equipment, nine dump trucks, a platform truck and a refuse collection truck, were purchased from bids. Hunt Truck Sales got most of the contracts for the chassis and Tom Wood the bodies. Here's a breakdown on the contract award: Six truck chassis with dump bodies, Howe E. Moredock Co., chassis, and Tom Wood, body, $29,187. Two truck chassis with flat dump bodies, Hunt Truck Sales, Chassis, Tom Wood, Body, $8,450. One truck chassis with 16-foot platform body, Hunt Truck Sales, chassis, Truck Equipment Co., body, $5,205. One truck chassis with 12-foot dump body, Hunt Truck Sales, chassis, Tom Wood body. One truck chassis with refuse collection body, Freeman and Sons, chassis, Elgin Corp., body, $10,617.

Word With City Fathers? You'd Better Plan Ahead

There will be no more "blue streak" items presented to the Coral Gables City Commission when it meets on Tuesdays. From now on, persons wishing to appear before the Commission will have to get on the agenda the Friday before the meeting. Here is the official statement of policy released by City Manager L. W. Robinson Jr.: "No person will be recognized at a commission meeting unless they are properly placed on the agenda, as prepared by the city manager the Friday preceding the Commission meeting. The only exception to this will be items of an emergency nature which will be determined by the city manager."

Credits Re-listed On Gallery Play

"Some Happy Day," the play which closes Saturday night at the Gallery Playhouse, is from the book by Joyce G. Reid and Mel Pape. Music and lyrics also are by Mrs. Reid. A story in last week's Times, based on information furnished to the newspaper, contained some misinformation.

Susan Taylor Made Editor

Susan E. Taylor, daughter of Mrs. Walter M. Walters, of 3270 Riviera Dr., has been named photography editor of "The Otagon," the college newspaper at Elmira College for Women at Elmira, N.Y. Susan is a member of the sophomore class and is 1961-62 vice president of the athletic association. She has been treasurer of the athletic association and last year won the school trophy as the 1960 badminton doubles champion.

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TO ALL OF CORAL GABLES THANK YOU!

My Sincerest Appreciation For Your Votes Which Elected Me To Your City Commission. I Renew My Pre-Election Pledges To Promote And Support Honest And Efficient Government In Our City. Franklin J. Evans, M.D. PAID POL. ADV.