A five-year $125,000 grant was made today by the United States National Health Institute to three Weizmann Institute scientists for continued study on the basic protein components of cells of living tissue.
Recipients of the grant are Prof. Ephraim Katchalski, chairman of the Institute Biophysics department, and Dr. Michael Sela and Dr. Arieh Berger of the same department to continue and expand their work on Polyamino Acids as protein models. Their study also covers research on the chemical properties and biological activity of the acids.
The Hadassah School of Nursing here will be expanded into a university-level institution to meet the demands of Israel’s growing nursing profession, it was announced here today by the director general of the Hadassah Medical Organization, Dr. Kalman Mann, at the 41st graduation exercises of the institution. Twenty-seven nurses were awarded diplomas at the graduation ceremonies.
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