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Allan S. Hoffman, right, with Debi Mukherjee, studing cow ligament in a laboratory. Original caption: "Dr. Allan S. Hoffman (right), an associate professor of chemical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, examines a piece of cow ligament with Debi Mukherjee, an M.I.T. doctoral student from India. Under a two-year $19,956 grant from The Medical Foundation, Inc., of Boston, they are extracting purified elastin from cow ligaments to study the effects of aging and enviroment on this important component of blood vessels and body tissues. Such ailments as arteriosclerosis and rheumatism are believed by many in the medical profession to be directly related to changes in the structure and composition of this rubber-like material."