Word: mri
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Dates: during 1949-1949
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...Service has been so sure of it that since 1947 he has been growing a sub-microscopic bug that seemed to be the guilty party. At Bethesda, Md. he nurtured his virus first in the noses of willing victims, then in hen's eggs. The strain, known as MRI, be came the world's No. 1 biological curiosity...
Human beings will still be used as guinea pigs. They will be needed for experiments, for many questions are still unanswered. Is there any drug that will do any good for a cold? Can a vaccine be developed for MRi? Just how long is a cold "catching?" What effect do low temperatures and wet weather have? The new test does not mean that a cure has been found for the common cold. But the search has been speeded...
...fortnight for Dr. Atlas, who is 27 and now head of the war on colds at Bethesda. The week before the MRi announcement, he married blonde Bacteriologist Maxine McCall, who worked with him in the experiments. Dr. Atlas, who used to catch a cold every two weeks until he started wearing a special face mask while making tests, headed south with his bride for what he hoped would be a cold-free honeymoon...