Louisiana State university today joined with the Urban Maes Research Foundation andTouro™ln-
irmary of New Orleans to develop "one of the most outstanding research, teaching and diagnostic facilities in the field of endocrinology in the South." The new laboratory, dedicated o endocrine and metabolic research, will be directed by Dr. loyj_^kelton, associate professor of pathology at the LSU Med-&l School.
The Urban Maes Research Foundation is an independent non-arofit institute, housed temporarily at the LSU Medical School until a permanent laboratory can be built at Touro Infirmary.