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White Bluffs Spokesman
White Bluffs, Benton County, Washington
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University of Chicago scientists, after years of experiments, conclude gland transplanting fails to renew youth or prolong life, succeeding only partially in same-species animals but not effectively; human trials limited by inter-species biological issues, with glands surviving briefly but not functioning due to poor circulation.
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Chicago.-Chemists and physiologists of the University of Chicago, after experimenting for years with gland transplanting to recreate youth or prolong life, have concluded that it cannot be done.
The only successes attained in part were with lower animals, where glands of the same species could be transplanted. But this was not effective.
Dr. A. B. Luckhardt of the department of physiology is skeptical as to any human success.
"We are handicapped in experiments with humans, because the glands available for such work are from other animals. The moment we introduce a gland of one species into a gland of another, we bring about a peculiar biological action."
Dr. Carl Moore. directing research along these lines in the zoological laboratories, is a pessimist.
"I don't say that gland transplanting never will be done effectively, but rather that it never has been accomplished," he said.
"It is perfectly true that a transplanted gland will live for a while, but it is equally true that it will not grow or renew its functions. There is not the proper blood circulation through the whole gland to feed it and keep it alive."
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University of Chicago researchers conclude that gland transplanting cannot renew youth or prolong life, with only partial successes in lower animals of the same species, but ineffective overall; human experiments are handicapped by inter-species issues, and transplanted glands do not grow or function properly due to poor blood circulation.