0 Ppge 2 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, January 27, 1989 Center BY NOELLE SHADWICK AIDS is not just a medical prob- lem, it is also a behavioral problem, says Psychiatry Prof. David Ostrow, director of a new University center that studies behavioral and psy- chosocial aspects of the disease. The newly-implemented Midwest AIDS Biobehavioral Research Cen- ter, funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, collects and coor- dinates AIDS research information from hospitals across the Midwest. It is one of four Biobehavioral Re- search Centers in the country. The center studies behavioral problems that could have an effect on AIDS such as alcohol or drug abuse and also analyzes AIDS education, counseling and testing programs. The center does not have a central location on campus, but four core divisions prepare, collect, analyze and disseminate the research results of the center. Researchers said they hope to use their findings to influence policy- making decisions. "When a disease is spreading, expands AIDS research' 'When a disease is spreading, people in health departments can't just wait until all the answers are known.' investigator of the Center's - oby Citrin, Public Health Policy Core people in health departments can't just wait until all the answers are known," said Toby Citrin, investigator of the Center's Public Health Policy Core. Instead they take the information they have and act upon it, he said. The center has a Great Lakes AIDS Policy Group that meets periodically with Health Department officials from other states to share informa- tion. One of the problems with AIDS legislation as it exists now, Citrin said, is that much of the legislation is not based on knowledge available to public health officials. For exam- ple, recent Illinois legislation requiring AIDS testing to secure a marriage license affected primarily low-risk groups, preventing high- risk groups from access to the tests. The law is now being reconsidered. Another of the center's goals is to analyze preventive programs that are currently in effect. A lot of money has gone into AIDS education pro- grams, Citrin said. "Because so much money has been spent on education, people must now do research to see if it [has been] effective," he said. Researching AIDS in the Mid- west, and especially at the Univer- sity, is difficult because AIDS is not considered a big problem in this area, Ostrow said. Last year, accord- ing to the Michigan Department of. Public Health, 372 out of 20,540' reported AIDS cases were in Michi- gan. The Midwest generally has a smaller number of AIDS cases than either of the coasts, he said. As a result, the area lacks a "coordinated clinical center with co- ordinated clinical services" for HIV virus infected persons, Ostrow said. But recently, the University felt some pressure from students who wanted the University to take a stronger lead in clinical AIDS re- search. Last week, members of the Les- bian and Gay Rights Organizing Committee demanded a clinical re- search center at the University's Board of Regents' public comments' session Vice President for Research Linda Wilson says the faculty directs the University in its research. A number of faculty members have submitted proposals in the AIDS research area, she said; many are working without external grants or funding. G rant Continued from Page 1 and ongoing research. Caroline Briggs Jobst, who be- ,came president of the Jobst Institute after her husband's death in 1957, chose the University's Medical Cen- ter as the recipient of the gift for two reasons, according to a medical cen- ter official. The Medical Center's vascular surgery service is one of the biggest in the country. Secondly, the re- search done here in the past has had exceptional impact on vascular dis- ease. "In the past, all vascular proce- dures were surgical," said the offi- cial, who wished to remain anony- mous. "Now we are experimenting with molecular biology and genetics to provide an intervention, making surgery unnecessary.", The research facilities, located in the new Medical Science Research Building II, will be functioning by July 1. The facilities promise to make the University the "premier laboratory of vascular research in the country," the official said. Peripheral vascular disease is similar to coronary artery disease. Both involve blocked arteries that stop the flow of life-sustaining blood to the body's various organs. Peripheral vascular disease refers to all of the blood vessels outside the heart, whereas coronary artery disease is specific to the heart. Stroke, gangrene, amputation of limbs, and varicose veins are a few of the medical ailments related to peripheral vascular disease. About 50,000 patients a year have amputa- tions due to this affliction. I CLASSIFIED ADSI Call 764-0557 I Threat 2ontinued from Page 1 to list contaminated sites. the Ann Arbor city limits, which are known to pose risk. are sites a health DIs For overflow work or when your office copier is down, I Last year the DNR sent a form letter to contaminated sites around the state requesting that the owners take action to assess the sites. The department's Environmental Quality Analyst Brenda Irish said no other work was being done on the Univer- sity sites. The DNR lists the University sites in a low priority or "evaluation pending" category. First priority sites, of which 18 are included in Washtenaw County and three within The three first priority sites in Ann Arbor are Armen Cleaners at 630 S. Ashley and two locations of Michigan Consolidated Gas, one on Beale Street and the other on Broad- way Street. The DNR lists the three sites as contaminating groundwater and soil. According to DNR reports, the pol- lutant leaked at the Armen Cleaners site is tetrachloroethylene, a chemi- cal used in dry cleaning. The chemi- cals listed as being emitted at the MichCon sites are hydrogen cyanide, xylene, and benzene. IN BRIEF Compiled from Associated Press and staff reports Soviets shell Afghan villages ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Soviet gunners wiped out Afghan villages and shelled a mountain tunnel, killing hundreds of civilians along the key highway carrying Red Army soldiers home from Afghanistan, Western diplomats said yesterday. Western diplomats in Islamabad quoted Afghan sources and a witness as saying the Soviets and Afghan government troops committed a "major atrocity" on Monday in shelling both ends of the 10- mile Salang Tunnel. The diplomats, who spoke on condition of anonymity, quoted a report from Kabul, the Afghan capital, as saying,"After shelling the north and south ends of the Salang tunnel, Soviet and Afghan artillery obliterated all dwellings and villages south of the tunnel." In Washington, meanwhile, Secretary of State James Baker ordered the closing of the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, the Afghan capital, because of turmoil from the Soviet troop withdrawal. Tower's defense ties probed WASHINGTON - Senate committees, working yesterday to fill vacancies at President Bush's Cabinet table, examined the defense secretary nominee's relationships to defense contractors. As the process unfolded, former Republican Sen. John Tower of Texas told the Senate Armed Services Committee that the $763,777 he made as a defense consultant over the past three years will not influence his actions if he is confirmed as Bush's secretary of defense. Tower, a former Armed Services Committee chair, told that panel Congress should slow down the "revolving door" through which some top defense officials pass on the way to high-paying civilian jobs in the defense industry. Pentagon officials should be barred, Tower said, "from profiting unfairly, unethically, or illegally or inordinately" if they move between Pentagon and industry jobs. Va. official vies to be first Black governor in nation RICHMOND, Va - L. Douglas Wilder, a grandson of slaves and the first Black to win a statewide election in Virginia, began campaigning yesterday to become the first elected Black governor in the nation. But the former state legislator, who defied experts four years ago by beating a white candidate to become lieutenant governor, said he would not let race become an issue in the campaign. "I hope that it plays as little part in this electoral process as possible," said Wilder, who is unopposed for the Democratic nomination in a state with a 17 percent Black population. In a rally before 300 supporters at a downtown convention center and before a statewide television audience, Wilder wrapped himself in the thriving economy cloak of Democratic Gov. Gerald Baliles, who by law cannot succeed himself, and said he would build on Baliles' accomplishments. Test shows MS link to AIDS WASHINGTON - A genetic test of cells in the blood of six multi- ple sclerosis patients suggests that the disease is closely associated with a virus that is similar to the AIDS virus, researchers report. E. Prem Kumar Reddy, a researcher at Wistar Institute in Philadelphia, said the genetic study of the blood samples from the patients provides "direct proof" that the human T-lymphotropic virus( HTLV-I) is involved in the MS disease process. Both HTLV-I and the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) which causes AIDS are retroviruses. Reddy said both of the viruses appear to infect immune cells in the blood. "Even though these two viruses are not causing the same disease, their basic mechanisms of infection are very, very similar. Something that works for HIV should also work for HTLV-I." Reddy said the research does not prove that HTLV-I is the cause of multiple sclerosis. EXTRAS In journalism, just as in any other job, just when you get the knack of things, just when you really know what's goin' on, they ship ya' out to the farm. Well as of this morning, it's out with the old, stagnant, and cynical and in with the young, vibrant, and cynical. (In this biz, cynical is the name of the game.) After suffering lo these past twelve months, the old editors are throwing off the mantle of leadership and gleefully dropping it on the shoulders of the starry-eyed new editors. 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