European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 13, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday october 13, 1994 . I  and stripes Page 9 Venus probe takes plunge into atmosphere Pasadena Calif. Apr Magellan hurtled to its demise tuesday in the gaseous atmosphere of Venus ending its four year mapping Mission with one last Experiment a study of the spacecrafts aerodynamics As it descended. Since there was no Way to return Magellan to Earth scientists ordered the Craft into a dive to gather information that will be used in other mis a a a  a a a a a a a a a a a a a a the researchers at nasal a Jet propulsion Laboratory began firing Magellan a thrusters at 7 21 . Put sending it through Miles of Venus Clouds of Carbon dioxide and sul uric acid. On tuesday afternoon it was moving at 16,500 Mph but Venus atmosphere was to slow it Down so that it would be travelling Only 30 or 40 Mph As it neared the surface. Magellan was expected to lose Power and Contact with Earth possibly by wednesday ending the $900 million Mission. Exactly what happens to the Craft May never be known. A it May get toasted and flutter Down. It wont go in like a meteorite a project manager Douglas Griffith said. A it will heat up. Maybe things will Start to Burn into cinders but we done to really know for  a a. Some of its parts May disintegrate but the sturdiest components could Drift and drop to Venus by Friday at the latest Griffith said. Venus is the nearest planet to Earth sometimes As close As 25 million Miles away. Magellan was launched in 1989, and it went into orbit around Venus in 1990. During its Mission Magellan used radar images to see past the thick Clouds surrounding Venus and sent Back images of towering volcanoes and Crisp edged craters. Genetic test Tor cancer to undergo clinical testing Baltimore apr doctors plan to begin clinical trials next year of a new $50 genetic screening test act see whether it can save lives by catching cancer in its earliest most treatable form. A the test described in tuesdays Issue of proceedings of the National Academy of science identifies repetitive genetic errors called clonal markers associated with certain cancers. By comparing Dan drawn from a patients blood to that taken from urine sputum or other fluids researchers Are Able to identify a variety of cancers. However the test so far has been used Only on people who were already known to have cancer. A or. David Sidransky author of the study and a professor of oncology at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore conceded that much research remains and said that Hopkins researchers will begin clinical trials in june to detect bladder and cervical cancer in people at High risk of the disease. The trials could take years. On Cor inc., which would sell the test for $50 if its approved by the food and drug administration has partially financed the Hopkins research. Some cancer experts stopped Short of calling the test a breakthrough. A a it a a big leap from an article to a test that a used by millions of people a said or. John Laszlo vice president for research at the american cancer society in Atlanta. A a there a a lot of testing that needs to be done.�?�. V a v a a athe test is simple and uses equipment already in most Community hospitals Sidransky said. The Only thing missing is a key indicating which clonal markers Are associated with which cancers he said. His team is working on compiling the key. About 100,000 pieces of repetitive Dan could be useful As markers but Sidransky Hopes to distil that number into 10 or 20. A a a different bodily fluids need to be tested for each kind of cancer Sidransky said for bladder cancer that Means using a urine Sample while for breast cancer it May mean drawing several drops of fluid from breasts using a vacuum pump he said in the study researchers tested urine tissue and sputum from 105 patients already diagnosed with three kinds of cancer a lung bladder and head and neck using Only seven markers researchers identified cancer in 26 percent of the patients. Researchers Hope to improve the detection rate by using More markers. Government ethics advocate quits Washington a common cause president Fred Wertheimer is leaving his Job after 24 years As one of Washington a most visible and persistent government ethics critics. Tuesdays announcement came just two Days after con Gross quit for the year leaving behind bitter disappointments on Wertheimer a most fervently sought goals Campaign finance lobbying and gift Reform. 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