| Show University Gets Grant From March of Dimes A March of Dimes grant of has been awarded to the University by The National Foundation for continued investigation of chemical changes in joint fluids affected by PRESIDENT A. Ray and Basil president of The National announced the It is one of several new awards in the fields of arthritis and birth defects made by the March of Dimes The grant will be directed by Russell L. associate protessor or Jones has recently succeeded in producing acute arthritis in guinea pigs by intravenous injections of certain bacterial The injected animals showed changes of rheumatoid arthritis which was modified by cortisone and oter steroid WITH THE new Jones and his associates will study the appearance and disappearance of one of the principal constituents of joint fluid in the knees of guinea They will also study the effects of treatment with Differences in the metabolism of acid in normal and arthritic animals is believed to give a valuable lead in understanding the nature of the experimental and arthritis of humans in |
