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Show Test Tube 'Doubles Doubles 'Doubles'for Doublesfor ' Doi Doifor ' " for Living Body Bodyin Bodyin in Medical Study StudyTissue Stud Studr StudTissue r Tissue Is Kept Alive AliveLong AliveLong Long Time Tinle in in Glass JarT JarHE Jar JarBHE HE lifeless test tube has hasfinaII hasfinally hasfinally BHE THE T finaII finally } become an adequate adequatesubstItute adequatesubstitute adequatesubstitute substItute for the living IIvmg body bodyat bodyat bodyat at the Rockefeller Roch.efeIler RochefeIler . Institute Instttute for forMedIc'll forMedical forMedicil MedIc'll MedIcll Medical ' Research , at least for forpurposes forpurposes forpurposes purposes ofcertam ofcertain of certain certam sCIentIfic scientificstudies scientificstudies scientificstudiesWhole tudles studies tudlesWhole studiesWhole Whole pieces pleces of tissue from adult adultbodlcs adultbodies adultbodies bodlcs bodies . , , instead of cells or bits bltS of ofembryos ofembryos ofembryos embryos , can now , tor for the first firsttunc firsttime firsttime tunc time , be he made mde : ! to live bve on for long longperIods longperiods longperiods perIods and to function normally normallym normallyin m in a glass jar just as they do m in mthe inthe mthe the body . . How this tWs long attempted scien SClcn- SClcn scien- SClcntific scientific scientific - - tific feat has been accomplished is isdescribed ] isdescribed S SdescrIbed descrIbed by Dr Raymond C C.Parker CParker . Parker of the Rockefeller RockefeIIer InstItute InstItutefor Institutefor Institutefor for Medical Mcdlcal Research in New York Yorkm , m in a report to the journal . , SClcnce Science ScienceOtters ScienceOffers ! Offers Otters Biff Big Field ned ] , . , I IThIS This method mcthod of keeping keepmg adult adultI adulttIssue adulttissue adulttissue tIssue alive al1ve and functioning functiomng in m a aglass aglass aglass I glass flask ise"Cpected is expected e"Cpected eCpected " to "provJde provJde "provide provide "providea providea " . a means of ot studying studymg a great vari V.trl- V.trl vari- V.trlI V.trlety variety variety . - I ety of physiological physJologlcal problems that thatcould thatcould thatcould could not be approached ' by oth oth- other other other - er means Doctor Parkcr Parker and Dr DrK DrK DrK K . K . . Landsteincr Landstemer , the Rockefeller RockefellerSCJentIst Rockefellerscientist Rockefellerscientist SCJentIst scientist whose researches on onblood onblood onblood blood groups won him 1um hum the Nobel NobelprIZe Nobelprize Nobelprize prIZe , have already succeeded succceded by bythlS bythis bythis thlS this method in studying studymg the for- for formation formation for formation - mation in m these tissue tlssue bits blts of ot the theimportant theimportant theimportant important disease fighting fightmg sub sub- subtances substances substances - stances tances known as anhbodlCsAnother antibodiesAnother antibodies anhbodlCs antibodiesAnother Another noted Rockefeller insti instI- instItute Insti- Insti Institute institute - - tute scientist sClentIst , , Dr Ale Alexis ls " < Carrel Carrel.long Carrellong . , long ago succeeded in keeping keepmg l1v- l1v liv- liv l1vmg living liv living - ing mg tissue bssue alive outside the body bodyand bodyand bodyand and other scientists sClenbsts have done so sosmce sosince sosince smce since then Doctor Carrel played a apart apart apart part m in the research reported by bydcslgnmg bydesigning bydesigning dcslgnmg designing the peculiarly shaped shapedflask shapedflask shapedflask flask that substIt substitutes tcs for the body bodym bodyin m in these tllese latest expenmcnts experiments experiments.Use experimentsUse . Use Adult BodlesLlfe BodiesLife Bodies Bodles BodiesLife Life Llfe in the test tube reported reportedhowever , however , differs dJffers m in certain certam impor Impor- Important important important - - tant respects from that achleved achieved achlevedby achievedbT achievedby by- by bT byother - other methods The famous famouschlcken famouschicken famouschicken chlcken chicken heart tissue which wuch ] Doctor DoctorCarrel DoctorCarrel DoctorCarrel Carrel has kept alive for 24 years yearsfor , for example e"Cample eCample " , , did dld not come ! from rom an anadult anadult anadult adult body , but ! from rom an unborn unbornembryo unbornembryo unbornembryo embryo The test tube life We of thlS this thlSfamous thisfamous thisfamous famous tissue and of others othcrs simi smu sum similarly . larly cultured have not been nat nat- natural natural natural - ural ones Instead of just exist eXist- eXistmg existing - . ing mg and performing performmg its lts natural naturalfunctIons naturalfunctions naturalfunctions functIons . , Doctor Carrel's Carrels Carrcl's Carrcls ' ' chlcken chicken chlckenheart chickenheart chickenheart heart has kept on growing growmg , . neW neWcells newcells newcells cells being bemg formed apparently in- in indefinitely in m indefinitely . - definitely defirutely . . The bits of tissue kept alive by byDoctor byDoctor byDoctor Doctor Parkcr's Parkcrs Parker's Parkers ' method were tak- tak taken tak taken - . en from the spleen of adult ani am ani- animals animals . - mals They do not grow , they just justbve justlive justlive bve live , as tissue m in a grown person's persons person'sbody person'sbody person'sbody personsbody ' body lives without growing growmg "Functional "Func Func "Func- "FunctlOnal "Functional " - tional tlOnal survival sUI'Vlval sUIVlval ' " is lS the term used usedby usedby usedby by Doctor Parker to describe descrlbe this thiseXIstence thisexistence thisexistence eXIstence of the tissue m in his hJS flasks |