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P. KHIDMAT MAKLUMAT AKADEMIK UNIMAS 1111111111111111111111111111 1000240704 Fm i Unimas Lecturer On A Year Attachment With Cancer Institute THE state government has nominated Dr. Muney ak Serit, a lecturer with Unimas to undergo a year attach- ment with National cancer Institute in Washington D £ USA. Dr. Muney will partici- pate in pre-clinical trials on two compounds extracted from the local calophyllum (Bintangor) tree, which have been tested by US sci- entists to have positive anti- AIDS viral agents. Dr. Munev's participation in the pre-clinical trials on the anti HIV viral. com- pounds, calanolidc and costatolide. is part of the process of technology trans- fer. provided under an ar- rangernent between the state government and NCI, for the development of drugs using the biological re- sources of the state. iý ý. i i! The state government hopes, with Dr. Muney's involvement in this tech- nology transfer process, it will he able to establish laboratory facilities in Sarawak, capable of sc iecn- ing, isolating and testing extracts or tissues from the local plants and marine or- rurnraccutical development. It also hoped that the pro- cess of producing a drug from the local plants for the treatment of AIDS-related THE PEOPLE MIRROR. ( 1994, APRIL 22 ) 

Unimas lecturer on a year attachment with cancer Institute

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Unimas lecturer on a year attachment with cancer Institute

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