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Biochem Mol Biol Educ
May 2005
Department of Biology and Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405.
The concept of using radioactive isotopes as "tracers" of chemical conversions was conceived and developed by inorganic chemist Georg de Hevesy (Nobel Laureate in Chemistry 1943). In 1935, he began to apply the technique to various biological processes using (32) P, and his experiments revealed the dynamic character of physiology and metabolism. Following de Hevesy's lead, Samuel Ruben (University of California, Berkeley) exploited (32) P in 1937-38 for investigation of phospholipid metabolism.
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Department of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco, USA.
Emerging from a stimulating encounter over fifty years ago between Dr. S. M.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWith this brief review we honor the memory of the great French doctor Jean Baptiste Edouard Gélineau. Dr. Gélineau was born on December 23, 1828 at Blaye, Gironde, close to the Bordeaux region.
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