4 Pag.2 -The Michigan Daily-Thursday, October 29, 1987 'U' to host brain. tissue surgery I By ALYSSA LUSTIGMAN and LISA POLLAK A University surgeon is scheduled to perform the state's first brain tissue transplant operation on Friday at the University's Medical Center. The experimental surgery, which attempts to reduce the symptoms of Parkinson's Disease, has been performed on 50 patients nationwide. Patients suffering f r o m Parkinson's cannot secrete dopamine, a brain chemical that regulates neurological functions. Symptoms include senility, loss of balance, speech disorders, and respiration problems. The patient, an unidentified Michigan woman suffering from Parkinson's, was chosen after a rigorous screening process because of her age, her general state of health, and the severity of her disease, according to Michael Harrison, a University Hospitals spokesperson. The woman is the first of six patients chosen for the operation at the Medical Center. Dr. Terry Hood, an assistant professor of surgery at the Medical School, will graft the patient's adrenal tissue - which contains dopamine - into her brain. The procedure, still considered a last resort for Parkinson's victims, alle- viates the symptoms but does not cure the disease, a spokesperson for the American Parkinson's Disease Association said yesterday. Two patients have died from the surgery, the APDA spokesperson said. "A few, however, remarkably come around. Otherwise patients either experience little or n o change," said the spokesperson, who wished to withhold her name. Hood refused comment until after the five-hour surgery is completed. The operation, still considered experimental, will be conducted through the University's Department of Clinical Re search. The University's surgical team spent the last year securing approval from the University to conduct the operation, Harrison said. FINAL NOTICE MICHIGAN STUDENT ASSEMBLY 1987-88 ELECTIONS NOV. 18th & 19th Representatives from the following schools will be elected: Home sweet home Doily Photo byJOHN MUNSON, Alan Cotzin, a development officer for the University's Department of Surgery, shows a room at the new Michigan Transplant House to Pat Boggs, the first patient to have a liver transplant at the University, and her husband. The Transplant House, which opened yesterday, will allow transplant patients from University hospitals to recuperate "in a comfor- table, homelike atmosphere where they can regain independence and share support with others undergoing similar experiences," Cotzin said. POLICE NOTES Assault building in the 300 block of East The Ann Arbor Police Jefferson through an unlocked door Department is investigating an and sexually assaulted the woman incident Tuesday morning in which a while holding a knife to her throat. suspect entered a house, stole Before fleeing, the intruder took a money, and raped an Ann Arbor small amount of money. resident, according to Sgt. Jan by Steve Blonder Suomala. The suspect entered the Come ... if you dare ... to the Morgue! The Annual U of M ROTC Tri Service HAUNTED HOUSE October 30 and 31 7:00-12:00 Midnight Admission: $1.75 or $1.00 with a canned good for the homeless Location: North Hall next to Dental Building All Proceeds To UNICEF and Mott's Children's Hospital IN BRIEF Compiled from Associated Press reports Attack kills two U.S. sergeants ANGELES CITY, Philippines - Suspected communist rebels shot and killed two members of the U.S. Air Force and two other people yesterday in separate daylight attacks near the giant U.S. Clark Air Base. U.S. officials said the dead included two Air Force sergeants, a Filipino retired from the U.S. Air Force and a Filipino businessman of U.S. ancestry. Assassins also fired on an Air Force captain. The attacks came within 15 minutes of each other and followed by several hours the slayings of two police officers and the wounding of an army colonel in Manila Authorities also blamed those on the rebels. Names of the victims were not immediately available. Dow Jones rises after stock market prices fluctuate NEW YORK - The stock market wavered uncertainly yesterday after rebounding from an early sell-off, leaving the Dow Jones industrial average up a fraction of a point. The Dow average was down as many as 63 points yesterday morning as traders responded to overseas losses. But the stocks rallied, rising to a brief high of 35 points. Two stocks declined for every one that advanced in heavy trading. The Dow industrials ended the day up 0.33 points at 1,846,82. More than 279 million shares were traded in another abbreviated session. Markets have been closing two hours early to allow people to catch up on paper work. Still, the market averted the collapse that many had feared following sharp declines in Asia and Europe. Federal Budget deficit falls WASHINGTON - The federal budget deficit, helped by a revenue bonanza, shrank by 33 percent in the budget year which ended Sept. 3( ' even though the U.S. government spent $1'trillion for the first time in history, the Reagan administration reported yesterday. The administration's final accounting for the past budget year showed the imbalance between revenues and spending- fell to $148 billion, down from the record $221.1 billion in the 1986 fiscal year. The improvement came in a 12-month period in which the federal government spent a record $1.002 trillion, up 1.2 percent from fiscal 1986 when federal spending was $990.2 billion. Revenues shot up at a much faster clip than spending, rising by 11.1 percent to total $854.1 billion. The increase was due in large part to higher-than-expected individual tax payments resulting from the changeover to the new tax law. Kidnappers free S. Korean BEIRUT - Kidnappers released a South Korean diplomat for a $1 million ransom after holding him for 21 months, the leader of the mainstream Shiite Moslem militia said yesterday. Do Chae-Sung was released Tuesday, and "not less than one million dollars could have been paid," Nabih Berri, leader of the Shiite Amal militia, told reporters at his residence in Moslem west Beirut. "Amal did her job to protect him after his release into a safe voyage," Berri said in English. He did not disclose further details. No information was immediately available about who purportedly provided the money and who was paid. Do, 45, the second secretary to the South Korean embassy in Beirut, was kidnapped in the city's Moslem western sector on Jan. 31, 1986. A group calling itself Revolutionary Cells claimed his abduction, but has made no public demands. LSA ENGINEERING BUSINESS RACKHAM MEDICINE LIBRARY SCIENCE 4 4 MUSIC PHYSICAL EDUCATION SOCIAL WORK DENTISTRY EDUCATION 4 Applications available at MSA: Mon. Oct. 19 DEADLINE for applications: Thurs. Oct. 29 Michigan Student Assembly 3909 Michigan Union 763-3241 11 F I EXTRAS Game asks: How did Heather lose her mind? Who says lying around and watching soap operas all afternoon is a waste of time? Now, a new game put out by the United States Playing Card Company allows soap opera fanatics to put their knowledge to the test. Called "Soap Opera Challenge," the game is made up of sex sets of questions on cards about the daytime shows: Guiding Light, All My Children, General Hospital, the Young and the Restless, As the World Turns, and Days of Our Lives. Yesterday, the Daily received in the mail a deck of cards challenging our staff's knowledge of General Hospital.. Some of the questions were: -What caused Heather Grant to lose her mind? -Who conceived a child with Alan Quatermaine out of love and out of wedlock? -Why did Leslie Williams believe that her illegitimate child had been born dead? -Who shot Tony Jones, putting him into a coma and causing Tania to miscarry? The game goes on sale in supermarkets, gift, toy and drug stores nationwide this month. -Kery Murakami Ehe Michtgan U atIV Vol. XCVIII - No. 36 The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967 X) is published Monday through Friday during the fall and winter terms. Subscription rates: September through April-$25 in Ann Arbor; $35 outside the city. One term: $13 in Ann Arbor; $20 outside the city. 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