28 - Sunday, November 23, 1986 - North Shore News

fearn to make UBC VACCINE ae
balloon animals |fesearchers_battle bacteria

A BACTERIA that kills thou- humans, said Dr. Elizabeth often the cause of death in pa-

THE SECRETS OF making couver. sands of people each vear may Worobec, a member of the UBC _ tients with such diseases as cancer
animals from balloons will be The free workshop will be held have met its match in a new UBC research team. and cystic fibrosis.
divulged at the Lynn Valley on Tuesday, Dec. 2 at 7 p.m. The vaccine. The bacteria is Pseudomonas The bacteria is highly resistant
library. program is not suitable for The vaccine successfully im- Aeruginosa. to most common antibiotics.

Full-time funster, clown and children under eight years old and munizes mice against the She said it is an opportunistic Worobec said !7 strains of the
halloonatic Martin Kelly will dem- youngsters under this age should bacteria, and drug companies are bacteria present everywhere that bacteria have been discovered.
onstrate the secret art of twisting not attend. Others in search of fun | interested in the research and causes secondary infections in Principal investigator is Dr.
balloons and give hands-on prac- come early, as seating is limited. want to conduct clinical trials to people who are already ili. It Robert Hancock in UBC's
tice to participants at a pre- For further information, call see if the vaccine works in usually attacks the lungs and is Microbiology Department.
Christmas workshoo in Van- 984-0286.

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