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What do Indians, cancer cells and mirrors all have in common? They are each the topic of research projects which are presently underway at the University of Arizona. Belieive it or not, it is projects such as these that bring a great deal of money (over $38 million annually) and national prominence to this University. We should feel fortunate to have such talented and knowledgeable people in our midsts. Opening in March, 1979, at the Arizona State Museum is an exhibit of the Tarahumara Indians. This exhibit is the most complete collection of its kind any where in the world. The exhibit was sponsored by Dr. John P. Schaefer and a grant from the National Endowment for the Humani- ties. The exhibit included a cave dwelling, slide program, examples of their methods of farming, hunting, and food gathering, demonstrations of dances and ceremonies, and replicas of their houses, yards and out- buildings. Most of the exhibits were collected by President Schaefer and Dr. Bernard Fountan, while the construction of the actual exhibit was supervised by Art BrownJee, Associate Curator of Exhibits. At the Arizona Health Services Center, a team of doctors and special- ists are working on a treatment for cancer. The team, headed by Dr. Sydney Salmon and Cell Biologist Anne Hamburger, has found that the cancer cells from a patient can be grown in the laboratory and tested there to determine which drugs will work on that particular type of can- cer. Thus, the patient is spared precious time and potential side effects from other drugs. Dr. Brian Durie noted that this is the first time that anyone has had any success growing cancer cells outside the human body. Therefore, this team is receiving calls from all over the country from patients who are hopeful that this team can help them. In recogni-l tion of this medical breakthrough, the University hosted a workshop on! the method of treatment of cancer from prominent cancer physicians from across the country in January of 1979. South of Tucson on Ml. Hopkins (in the Santa Rita Mts.) lies another! major research accomplishment. Scientists and engineers from the Uni-j versity of Arizona and the Smithsonian Institute pooled their talents and resources to come up with the first Multiple Mirror Telescope (MMT) in existence. Instead of having a single mirror to gather light, the MMT uses six 72-inch mirrors mounted around a central axis. It is the third largest telescope in the world and is being hailed as the New Generation Telescope. The MMT is less massive, less costly and more powerful than the con4 ventional single mirror telescope. According to Dr. Neville Woolf, Act- ing Director of the MMT Observatory, the project was originally begun because the University wanted a powerful telescope, but didn ' t want to pay the price. Therefore, the new technique (multiple mirrors) was developed to keep the costs down. The total cost of the project was $8 million including $2 million from the Smithsonian Institute and $2 mil- lion in mirrors donated by the U.S. Air Force.
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I A view of the Multiple Mirror Telescope located on Mount Hopkins. 2 A few exhibits which are included in the Tarahumara collection. 3 Mike Lord and Art Brownlee work on the construc- tion of a cave in the Arizona State Museum. 4 Dr. Brian Dune and Laurie Young conduct research in the cancer laboratory. I MT photo by Vicki Chacon, all others by Derriak Anderson. RESEARCH 13
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