European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 3, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 20 the stars and stripes attacking cancer by Harold Schmeck new York Tirres scanning Electron Microscope studies have revealed in remarkable detail some of the Early Steps by which defense cells within the body can attack and destroy cancer the studies were done in Laboratory tissue Cul Tures in which mouse cancer cells were exposed to defense cells called when the cancer cells were added to the one cell deep culture of the cancer cells appeared to Cluster almost immediately around the according to William an immunologist at Upjohn company in where the Experiment was the reasons for this behaviour Are not entirely he in the Microscope macrophages primed for attack could be seen making Tendril like projections called Fil podia with which they formed attachments to the cancer the attachments kept the macrophages anchored to their targets and also seemed necessary to the destructive the research team said the actual destruction May be achieved by such As Hydrogen enzymes and other substances produced by the attacking the cell killing takes place Over a period of several said Paul Satoh and John Mathews in a report last month to the reticule endothelial society meeting in the reticule endothelial system is an important part of the body Normal internal defences against invasion and is the source of the the scanning Electron Microscope taken by showed the successive events in the Macro phage the pictures in the sequence varied in magnification from about to three hours after the cancer cells were exposed to the the cells could be seen losing their characteristic ruffled appearance and taking on smoothened outer after six holes were visible in the surfaces of the cells under this was taken by the scientists As visible evidence that the cells were being by the end of 16 said More than 80 percent of the cancer cells had been he said the research group is seeking to under stand the details of the process in the Hope that drugs can be found or developed that would influence a drug capable of enhancing the killing process might prove useful against cancer or in treatment of the scientist drugs capable of interfering with the process might also prove he against autoimmune diseases in which the body defences act against its own modern living a scavenger cell called a primed t6 attack a foreign sends out Tendril like Fil podia to Anchor it to a 2 the Small globular Structure at Center is cancer cell under attack by a macrophage behind cells were grown in Laboratory scanning Electron Micrograph by John Upjohn company the cancer under attack for several has surface holes indicating that it is being