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Show 1 0 The Salt Lake Tribune, Sunday, March 5, 1978 Publisher Issues Statement Cystic Fibrosis Attacks Monkey ATLANTA (UFI) -Scientists at the Yerkes Primate ReRegional search Center have discovered cystic fibrosis in a young rhesus monkey, opening the way to a better understanding of the disease. for spokesman A Emory University, which the primate operates center, said it was the case of first the ailmenl known to medical science. The discovery was viewed as a fortunate occurrence by Yerkes researchers. They said an animal model of cystic fibrosis will permit investigators to learn a great deal about the basic causes of thj disease and how it might be treated. Basic Cause At present, the basic cause of the disease is not knowu. This appears to be the first animal model of cystic fibrosis, and were excited about its implications, said Dr. Joel Wal-laca veterinary pathologist at the Yerkes Center, who along with n Non-Ficti- New York Times Service based on the authors credentials as a respected science writer. But J.P. Lippincott, the publishers added in a statement that they did not know if the claims made by former Time magazine medical writer David Rorvik were true. The firm said Rorvik assured it that his book In His Image, the Cloning of a Man is true and that he give additional details to the press before the book is published on April 28. Rorvik claims in the book that a boy now 14 months old was successfully created in a laboratory experiment using the biological engineering method called cloning. As far as is known cloning, a process by which genetically duplicate individuals are reproduced from a single cell, has never been used to produce a human being. His claim was greeted with intense skepticism Friday as word about the bock leaked out. bility that the parents or relatives of the affected monkey can have additional offspring with cys- tic fibrosis, Wallach said. He said that up to now, research efforts toward understanding and curing cystic fibrosis have severely hampered by lack of an animal be-e- n model. Dr James A. Peters, medical director of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation headquartered in Atlanta, said: We eagerly await the results of Dr. Wallach's studies because of the importance of an animal model to Ixith basic and clinical research on cystic Scientists sal 1 the book sounded like a hoax. The author was unavailable to comment on these charges. His agent said he was out of the country but press reports placed him in New York City. Rorvik, according to reports about the book, claims he was present at the creation of the child in an experiment paid for by an unnamed millionaire who wanted an exact duplicate of himself. He also said that to protect the child and those who took part in the experiment, he will never reveal any names. Scientists said an achievement of the magnitude in a that Rorvik claims would normally be reported scientific journal rather than a book. The editors of the journal would then have independent scientists verify the evidence. Department, serving as a diplomatic lecturer at Stanford University. r Sla,e Ilill,'t on non-fictio- n NEW YORK The publishers of a book which makes the astounding claim that a human being has said been successfully created in a laboratoi-Saturday they were putting the work out as Onit Important Cioniii"& Book Labeled By Arthur Spiegel man Reuter News Agency lliiti 11 WASHINGTON Habib, who was born in Brooklyn, has made a reputation Unarm Philip C. Habib, the under secretary of state for political affairs, is expected to resign for health reasons from his g post in the department next week, administration officials reported Saturday. The officials said that the Habib would be replaced by David D. Newsom, the third-rankin- as a se r vice. He was a specialist in Far Eastern affairs. negotiator and is also known as a vigorous defender of the diplomatic & TWO LARGE RANCH FRESH EGGS, OUR OWN "SMOKEHOUSE" HAM, SERVED WITH HASH BROWN POTATOES, TOAST AND PURE FRUIT JAM. SPECIAL United States ambassador to Indonesia. MON., TUES., WED. ONLY Newsom, who began his foreign service career in 1947, has also served as assistant secretary of state for African affairs and as aiuhdi&auor to Libya. He is 60. Habib suffered a cardiac arrest last Dec. 16 at his desk just after a East Middle week-lon- g negotiating trip with Secretary of State Cyrus R. Vance. After treatment at Walter Reed Army Hospital here, he spent seven weeks recuperating in Florida before returning to his job. His doctors advised him, however, to seek a less demanding post. 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