Image provided by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE
About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (April 19, 2000)
*4/20. Maundy 'TCrarsday Drama. 9 p.m. *4/2 L Good Friday. 9 p.m. *4/23. Easter, 9 a_m. Breakfast 10:30 a jxl TOnsfcip Unreniy Ldteai Chapel 1310 Q st_- Uncoil 477-3997 Easter Offering Haindf Thirsdif Scnria &3D p.m. Good Friday Satirise 7a.m. Eater Sanday 11a.m. Lutheran Student Center .and Chapel j Lany LMcyco faster I'S ' 535 HIAhStieet N 435-2OT .— ..— - Come... experience the openness of Unity. Your heart will find a home. 135 N. 31st - Lincoln, NE 476.6887 Please join us for Sunday Service at 10:30 am Unity is a way of life that can lead to health, prosperity, happiness, and peace of mind. Discover Unity's positive, practical Christianity Join in Expanding the Consciousness Good Friday Service Our Good Friday Service Mil be held at 7:30 pm. on Friday Apil 21. This service Mil take pace at titf an Fills Community Church 1000 S. 84t> St. Easier Sunday Service Easter Service Mil be held at Indian Fils Community Church, Sunday 9chool starts at 8:45 am. and lie Morship service at 101X3 am. Outpost Gumps Challenge, payer, encouagement, and friencfehips come together in our men's and Momen's smal groups. Pmeifii Programs Conferences, retreats, ski-tips, tide classes, evangelism, leadaship development, inframiral sports... It's all here! No Btife Skxiy his meek. "What should / do after graduation?” ■ get all the answers. uni. eGrad2000.com “Can / use my frat brother as a reference?" get all the answers. unl.eGrad2000.com « ■ I ■ C> APPOillTlieMTS NEEDED . IfMt NMlMM «MihNe. I I I I I I ■ r ■ I H i_»Ti Got news? Got it online. daily neb .com Professor studies lung-disease causes ■ UNL lab researches tuberculosis, Legionnaires’ disease. By John Hejkal Staff writer About 3 million people die each year from tuberculosis. It is the lead ing cause of death worldwide from a single infectious microorganism. Jeffrey Cirillo, an assistant pro fessor of veterinary and biological sciences at UNL, is working to change that. He’s trying to find the root caus es of tuberculosis and Legionnaires’ disease, which is similar to tubercu losis. Cirillo said he hopes the eventu al result of his research will be the prevention of lung disease. “If you can stop (the disease) before a person feels sick, there are a lot of benefits, both monetarily and personal,” he said. The research involves finding out how the bacterial genes and pro teins work to cause infection. Also, Cirillo is examining the genes and proteins 01 tne iiumiui oouy mat are affected by the invaders. “The goal is to understand this at the basic level,” he said. Legionnaires’ disease takes its name from an outbreak in 1976 in a Philadelphia hotel. Thirty-four peo ple died - 29 Legionnaires or family members of Legionnaires and five others who had been near the hotel. Since then it has occurred in sporadic epidemics, and there is no way to tell when or where it will occur, Cirillo said. When there is an outbreak, the spread is rapid, and about 20 percent of those infected end up dying from the disease, Cirillo said. The mechanisms of tuberculosis and Legionnaires’ disease are about the same at the molecular level, so there are plenty of parallels that might suggest ways to prevent them, ” The goal is to understand this at the basic level.” ! Jeffrey Cirillo assistant professor at UNL Cirillo said. He said he hopes to develop antibiotics or vaccinations that will specifically target respiratory infec tions. He said pinpointing the respi ratory system could make it possible to kill off the infection without killing microorganisms in the body that may be beneficial. “It’s more of a surgical removal rather than a hammer, ” he said. Cirillo has been working on projects related to the area of infec tious disease for about 15 years. “I think it’s very long-term, but we’re certainly making progress toward the development of the early stages of the disease in the lung,” he said. Cirillo pointed out that he does not do his research alone. He employs the help of graduate and undergraduate assistants. Scott Brauer, a senior biology major, said the experience working in Cirillo’s lab has been a great learning tool, and working on infec tious disease research has been a positive undertaking for him. “It’s a pretty awesome experi ence when you see that what you’re doing here could actually have an impact on some people worldwide,” he said. Joel Kniep, a senior biologyjmd psychology major, also emphasized the role working in a lab had on his education. “It really helped expand my knowledge in biology,” he said. “It kind of gives you a taste of what it’s like to be a grad student.” High-Risk Drinking -Ortn^lfljTVilT lorntmlW tlWMtnsoA »4 ntgflV* WSLCAMJEGM, P€<i5O»0M- w MJ^XI^L****!**** j (0STDK70U MOM THAN YOU KNOW* THERE'S A LOT TO LEARN ABOUT HIGH-RISK DRINKING. GET THE FACTS BIBfETfSRS KUDIRECHOMSdUNLEDU
