THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, February 16, 1979 37
)Weizmann School Establishes Parasitic Disease Unit
REHOVOT — Resear-
chers at Israel's Weizmann
Institute of Science arejoin-
ing in the world-wide strug-
gle against parasitic dis-
_ -eases because of a $150,000
grant from the Rockefeller
Foundation to establish a
unit for molecular biology of
parasitic diseases.
The unit will be headed
by immunologist Ruth
Arnon and will include sci-
entists from various fields.
One of the diseases is
Bilharzia (or schis-
tosomiasis), a debilitating
fluke-worm-caused malady- continuously reinfected.
which afflicts between 200
Weizmann scientists
and 300 million people in have shown in previous
Asia, South America, the
studies that an antigene-
Caribbean and Africa, in- tic determinant of a cer-
cluding some three- tain virus can be synthe-
quarters of the population of sized, and When it is in-
Egypt.
jected into an animal, it
Moreover, the victims are induces the production of
antibodies that allow it to
fight off the virus. If the
• same approach could be
applied with the para-
sented at the session of the
sites responsible for
International Statistical
Bilharzia, it might be
Institute in Warsaw in
1975, where Prof. Bachi was possible to develop a
suitable vaccine for in-
asked to organize a meeting
noculation against this
and exhibition of graphical
disease.
methods. Last October,
Prof. Bachi presented new
Greater knowledge about
graphs at the First General the immunological
Conference on Social
structure of the parasites
Graphics held at Leesburg, that cause various diseases
Va., and in the following may also permit institute
month at a seminar at the immunologists to develop
U.S. Bureau of the Census.
"guided missiles" that
would carry medication to
the exact spot on the cell of
the parasites where it could
be most effective. Such
"guided missiles" — actu-
ally antibody molecules
that seek out the site of the
infection or other mac-
romolecules to which the in-
fecting cells show selective
affinity — are also being in-
vestigated in cancer re-
search.
It is hoped that by hitting
the site of the infection it-
self, the dose of medication
can be reduced, thus saving
money and lessening the
toxic side-effects of many
anti-parasitic drugs.
Israeli's Graph Innovation Published in U.S
JERUSALEM — A new
method of graphing statisti- -
' cal data has been developed
- - 13,, Prof. Roberto Bachi of
Department of Statis-
' tiL, of the Hebrew Univer-
sity with the cooperation of
the Geography Depart-
- ment.
1- -
Prof. Bachi's method ap-
pears as the major portion of
a special technical paper on
graphical methods pub-
lished by the U.S. Bureau of
1_ the Census this month.
innovation not only
1 The
-
makes possible the graphic
representation of types of
• statistical data which can-
not be represented by
classical methods, but is
applicable in the field of car-
lit . tography (statistical maps)
, , as well. Important informa-
tion such as traffic intensity
over roads or air traffic can
- be easily and accurately re-
presented on a map by Prof.
Bachi's method of Graphic
- Rational Patterns (GRP).
The classical methods
of graphing are mostly
restricted to the graphic
representation of one
variable: in the distribu-
tion of population by age,
for example, age is the
variable. The distribu-
tion of two variables —
such as distribution of
marriages by ages of
bride and groom — was
already very difficult to
graph. It could only be
represented in a three-
M.• dimensional way and
_ projected on paper by
computer, but was dif-
ficult to interpret. A new
method of graphing was
direly needed.
Some 10 years ago, Prof.
Bachi proposed a method of
GRP in which units are re-
presented by squares of
small area, tens by an area
10 times as large. This
method makes possible the
4 representation of any
number between 1 and 100,
- sufficient in practice for
presenting any type of
t
statistical data as a unit of
GRP.
There was only one draw-
-- * --
This method was im-
ical as it was tedious to
oh
i
prepare graphs by sticking
the previously prepared
patterns onto the given
paper.
This technical difficulty
was overcome with the aid
of Michael Stier, head of the
Laboratory for Automated
Cartography, who auto-
mated this method of graph-
ing by means of a plotter at-
tached to the computer.
The first examples of au-
tomated GRP were pre-
MARK BELTAIRE
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MISS BLUSTEIN
Mr. and Mrs. Seymour H.
Blustein of Detroit an-
nounce the engagement of
their daughter, Sandye Re-
nee, to John A. Booy, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Booy of
Kalamazoo.
A September wedding is
planned.
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The Detroit Concert Band
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dent senate at the Univer-
sity of Illinois Circle Cam-
pus has suspended five stu-
dents who violently dis-
rupted Israel Independence
Day activities on the cam-
pus last May.
After campus authorities
refused to take action, the
student senate held four
months of deliberations be-
fore suspending the stu-
dents.
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Columnist Mark Beltaire
Mark Beltaire, columnist
for the Detroit Free Press
for more than 23 years, will
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honored at the Jewish Na-
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and pre-Purim gathering to
be hosted by the Greater
Detroit Jewish National
Fund Council 8 p.m. March
5 at the Zionist Cultural
Center, it was announced by
Carmi Slomovitz, president
of the council. This will be
held in connection with the
quarterly meeting of the
JNF council.
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