Fingerprinting Techniques Developed
by Weizmann Institute Scientist
BY BEN FRANK
a project which has opened up
new worlds of insight into what
An Israeli scientist who heads makes us "tick," may soon be
the microbiology laboratory at the called on to work on other re-
Weizmann Institute in Rehovot, search which as GE said, "affects
Israel, has been deeply involved in our very lives."
a "fingerprinting" technique that
may soon lead to •a new method of
detecting and identifying the bac-
teria that affect man's health and
well being.
Conducting research in the
General Electric Company's elec-
tronics laboratory at Syracuse,
Why was 13 an unlucky number?
N. Y. and at Cornell University,
Who was the "real McCoy"?
Ithaca, N. Y., was Dr. Yigal Henis
Why is fish eaten on Friday by
who for a year shuttled back and Catholics?
forth between Syracuse and Ithaca
How did "Adam's apple" get its
working in microbial metabolism name?
research that led to the discovery.
Why does the groom have a
General Electric said that the "best man"?
Why is blue for boys and pink
discovery provides a method of
study involving a revolutionary for girls?
Who was the first "April fool"?
"fingerprinting" technique which
The answer to these and many
will reduce significantly the ex- similar
questions can be found in
tremely valuable time required a new book
titled "How Did It
to analyze samples of clinical Begin?" by Rabbi R. Brasch, which
specimens. Detection and iden- David McKay Company will pub-
tification, said GE, now take lish Aug. 15.
days or weeks by classical meth-
The customs, superstitions, and
ods. The discovery would reduce
expressions that are part of our
this time to hours.
daily lives and language have fas-
Dr. Henis conducted research in cinating histories. For example, we
specific areas of the project. The clink glasses after a toast because
Israeli, who received his master our ancestors believed that this
of science in bacteriology in 1955 noise would frighten away the evil
and a PhD from the Hebrew Uni- spirits that naturally gather e d
versity of Jerusalem in 1959, around intoxicating beverages. And
worked on the discovery in which today's hearty handshake was once
the implications are tremendous considered the only means of pre-
and an area which GE said "we -venting a stranger from reaching
would have to be careful not to for his weapon. By grasping the
comment on since this is the field hand of anyone he met, a man
of other scientific and medical could be certain that he would
specialists."
be safe from attack. Fear, not
Dr. Henis and his associates in- friendship, lies behind this familiar
vestigated pure strains of bacteria custom.
Coincidences of the past as well
in the project which actually be-
gan two years ago. The scientists have added many traditions and
found that the pattern of metabolic ways of doing things to our daily
products of each of the 32 strains lives. Why, for instance, do men's
examined is distinct, thus provid- trousers have cuffs? In the late
nineteenth century, it seems, a
ing an identifying fingerprint.
The young Rehovot scientist visiting English gentleman was on
worked on the technique that pro- his way to a party in New York
vides a new opportunity to study when he was suddenly caught in a
the basic life processes of micro- rain storm. The gentleman, not
organisms and will help scientists wishing his trousers to get too
learn more about organisms be- wet, rolled up the bottoms to pro-
lieved responsible for certain dis- tect them. In the excitement of the
eases, according to Henry F. Mayer, party, he forgot to remove these
manager of the electronics labora- "cuffs." The guests, thinking this
the latest English fashion, quickly
tory.
followed his example. And that's
Mayer said that the investiga-
way it's been ever since.
tion was undertaken by the Gen- the Our
language is full of references
eral Electric Co. for the U. S. Air to historical
figures and events.
Force office of scientific research. Few have heard of Captain Charles
Cornell University cooperated in C. Boycott, who in the 1870s was
the research under a subcontract sent to Ireland to collect rents for
from General Electric.
an absentee English landlord. The
Now back in Israel heading again Irish tenants chose to fight back
the Rehovot microbiology labora- by completely ignoring his pres-
tory, Dr. Henis after working on ence. So successful were their
methods that "Boycott" is still
used to describe the treatment he
received.
Almost everyone has wondered
HARRY THOMAS
why it's "bad luck" to walk under
a ladder or why there are buttons
HAS THE FINEST SELECTION OF
on the sleeve of a coat that seem
SPORTS COATS
to serve no purpose whatsoever.
IN THE MIDWEST
"How Did It Begin?" will tell him,
VALUES $75 to $125
in a fascinating account of the his-
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customs.
Dr. Brasch lives in Sydney, Aus-
tralia, where he is Chief Minister
SLACKS
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Superstitions,
Customs Viewed
in Rabbi's Book
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Poet Yevtushenko Thanks
His Israeli Translator
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Shlomo
Shoshan, the Israeli translator into
Hebrew of the works of Soviet
poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko, said
Monday he had received a letter
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for his translations. The letter, ad-
dressed "Dear Shlomo," expresses
appreciation for the Hebrew trans-
lations.
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