An English scientist who won a Nobel prize for work with penicillin is now doing research on hardening of the arteries. He is Sir Howard Walter Florey who will visit the Louisiana State university school of medicine Thursday.
Sir Howard was the winner of the Nobel prize in medicine and physiology in 1945, with the late Dr. Alexander Fleming and Dr. Ernst Boris Chain.
Dr. Fleming was the discoverer' of penicillin and Sir Howard and Dr. Chain are credited with finding "its therapeutic effect for the cure of different infectious maladies."
Wednesday, Sir Howard met With members of the pathology 'department of the LSU medical school who have done research similar to what he is doing now.
Sir Howard is studying baboons who develop hardening of the arteries (atherosclerosis) as humans do. ■
Scientists in several countries are studying this ailment, which is responsible for 55 per cent of ^ he deaths in the United States.
He said he has much information but no conclusions thus far., Sir Howard arrived here from] San Antonio with Dr. Nicholas wErthessen, chairman of the department of biochemistry at Southwest Foundation for Research and Education.
Dr. Werthessen has helped establish a laboratory for study of babboons at Darajani, Kenya, Africa,
Sir Howard said he will work with the Texas researchers in studying atherosclerosis in * the baboons. The creatures develop the ailment similar to humans, it was explained.
The scientist is scheduled to leave for Washington, D. C. Thursday. PHOTO: SIR HOWARD FLOREY
Nobel Prize winner visits.
