European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 28, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a a a the stars and stripes sunday october 28,1990scientists grow hair in test tube London apr scientists have grown hair in a test tube a development they say could Lead to a cure for baldness within a decade. Quot this is the real thing a or. Terence Kealey head of a research team at Cambridge University a department of clinical biochemistry. A we have for the first time succeeded in getting hair to grow in Vitro a the balding scientist said Friday. Kealey stressed in a bbl radio interview that growing hair in a test tube a is not in itself a cure for  but he added it provides the perfect medium for experiments and could Lead to effective treatment within 10 years. The results of the research in which the hair was grown in a synthetic blood product Are to be published in the journal of cell science next month. Experts welcomed the achievement saying it could Lead to preventing hair loss in men genetically disposed to baldness. A any knowledge of How hair grows and metabolizes could have various offshoots in preventing baldness from happening a said or. Ken Maxted a dermatologist with the Glasgow health Board who went Bald at 18, a whether it is a cure for people who Are Bald in a not quite sure. I think its rather Nice having a Waterproof head a he said in an interview. Or. John Firmage a consultant at the Scalp and hair Hospital in London said the research was an important first step to understanding what affects hair growth and toss. A until now it has been very difficult to know what happens a except that the process of balding is hereditary Firmage said. A hence the Many lotions and potions which Are  or. John Romano at St. Vincent a Hospital and medical Center in new York said scientists would be Able to test new chemicals on test tube hair without worrying about injuring someone a Scalp. A researchers can use Many More different chemicals because they done to have to worry about toxicity a he said. Kealey said the next step is to find out Why Many Middle age men suffer a disruption in the Normal mechanism that triggers the growth of new replacement hair. A i Hope that within 10 years we could come up with a cure for baldness a he said. The successful growth of test tube hair came after a team member or. Michael Philpott devised a method for extracting hair follicles from the skin without damaging the roots Kealey said. This is done by carefully slicing away the top two layers of skin to remove hair follicles with Fine tweezers. The follicles then Are grown in a synthetic blood substitute maintained at body temperature he said. Watching hair growing in a test tube is a an amazing sight a Kealey said. A it grows absolutely identical to Normal hairs a at the same rate of 0.012 inches a Day and in the same  the research was funded by the Anglo dutch consumer giant Unilever and Britain a science and engineering research Council he said. Kealey said the research could also Lead to a More effective depilatory for removing unwanted hair. Hairs grow for about two years and then spontaneously shed he said adding that a natural depilatory would result if the shedding process could be hastened. A in fact what we can do now in the Laboratory is persuade hairs to shed in this very natural manner and so we Hope that we might quite quickly Start trying to work on improved depilatories a Kealey said. Cambridge University is known for its contributions to scientific research including discovery of the Electron the Neutron and the Structure of Dan the building blocks of genetic material. Kealey said that although he was a a thrilled at the teams breakthrough As an intellectual achievement a it a to be viewed As rather  nevertheless Many men will find the breakthrough Welcome news since key Ley said the Onset of balding can be a intensely traumatic a maybe because it is the first visible sign of advancing  a i am myself Bald but i done to think its something that bothers me very much a he  Leader Xavier Cugat Dies at 90 from heart failure Barcelona Spain apr Xavier Cugat the band Leader who introduced tropical rhythms of the Rumba to millions of americans died saturday in a Barcelona Hospital his doctors said. He was 90. Cugat died of heart failure because of arterial sclerosis doctors Jorge Rius and Jaime Pujadas said in a statement. A a cookie a As he became known to millions of americans and europeans became a Star in the Early 1930s playing latin dance music at the Coconut Grove club of the los Angeles ambassador hotel and later at the Waldorf Astoria in new York. He and his band the gigolos were featured in several popular Hollywood movies in the 1940s and 1950s. Cugat was born Jan. 1, 1900, in san Cugat Del Valles near Barcelona. He began As a violinist at age 12 with the Havana symphony in Cuba where his parents moved when he was 4. He moved to new York that same year and became a . Citizen three years later. Unable to find much work As a classical musician he made his Way to Hollywood where he Drew caricatures of movie stars for the los Angeles times. Rudolf Valentino told Cugat he had to dance the tango in a silent film and asked the musician to put together a band to accompany him. That was the beginning of Cugat and his gigolos who thanks to Valentino got an engagement at the legendary Coconut Grove. That led to spots at a1 Capone a Chez Paris in Chicago the hotel Chase in St. Louis and More than a decade at new Yorkus Waldorf Astoria. Cugat played the violin and directed the band with his Bow. Cugat had a history of heart ailments and High blood pressure and was hospitalized in los Angeles before he gave up his band and returned to Spain in 1978. But despite further heart problems and hospitalization he formed a new 16-piece band at the age of 86 and began touring throughout Spain. Cugat was married and divorced five times. His wives were cuban Rita Montaner mexican Carmen Castillo Chicago born Lorraine Allen Brooklyn born abbe Lane and spaniard Charo Baeza known professionally file photo Xavier Cugat at age 52 with his 20-year-old Bride Singer abbe Lane. They were married in 1952. As Charo. A if i had it to do All Over id marry the same ones a he said. A we always divorced for our careers. You cannot play the violin in Philadelphia when your wife is in Rome making a movie with Marcelo  Cugat had no children. He raised dogs and wrote two books a a i Cugat and a my  military roundup26-year Veteran named 8th inf div commander Washington a amps Brig. Gen. John p. Otjen assistant commander of the 8th inf div Mech based in bad Kreuz Nach Germany will be the next division commander army officials announced Friday. Otjen is on the promotion list to major general pending approval by the Senate armed services committee. He would replace maj. Gen. David m. Maddox who has been nominated for promotion to three Star rank and reassignment As commander of v corps which has its Headquarters in Frankfurt Germany. Otjen 48, is an infantry officer with 26 years of service including Tours As a battalion commander and aide de Camp in Vietnam. He has served five consecutive european assignments since 1982, including assistant chief of staff for personnel for the 8th inf div commander of the divisions 2nd brigade chief of staff of the 1st army div Deputy chief of staff for support for the Central army group and his current assignment As assistant commander of the 8th inf div. His decorations include the legion of Merit the Bronze Star the meritorious service medal several air medals combat infantryman badge senior parachutist badge and Ranger  toastmasters set conference contest the Continental european toastmasters Are holding their fall conference and annual speech contest in Reggis Switzerland from nov. 2-4. Toastmasters from the approximately 30 european clubs and their guests Are invited. The event will be held at the hotel Albana on Lake Lucerne. The conference includes two educational sessions meals and speech contests. People interested in visiting or joining a club or starting one in their area should Contact toastmasters International Headquarters . Box 9052, Mission Viejo Calif. 92690-7052.communist financial scandal grows in East Germany Berlin apr in response to a growing financial scandal an official of the former East German communist party said saturday that party chairman Gregor Gysi was kept in the dark about illegal Money transfers abroad the German news Agency adn reported. Gysi 42, renewed his offer to step Down As the party a leadership met saturday in an emergency session to discuss the implications of the scandal. Karl Heinz Kaufmann a party official in the City of Halle said he transferred 107 million Marks $70 million to accounts belonging to a soviet company. But he said Gysi was not aware of the scheme. On Friday two senior party officials were arrested in Berlin after the party leadership blamed them for the illegal transactions. The party a Deputy chairman and treasurer Wolfgang Pohl and its financial director Wolfgang Lan Nitschke earlier had admitted to funnelling the Money to the soviet company. Pohl said he was trying to protect party funds from being seized by the government. The scandal appears Likely to Hurt the parly a chances in National elections for an All German parliament on dec. 2, and casts doubt on Gysin a political future. The communists purged most of the old guard renamed themselves the party of democratic socialism and elected Gysi As chairman in december