Ernest Beutler

Born in Germany, when he was 7 years old Beutler's family fled the Nazis, and in the U.S. became a physician. His main career was spent at California's Scripps Research Institute, where he studied diseases of the blood and iron metabolism. Sound boring? Hardly: Beutler and two colleagues figured out why anti-malaria drugs produced anemia in some people, and developed a test to figure out who would suffer the problem. He also made key discoveries that helped researchers understand Tay-Sachs disease, set the stage for treatment of sickle cell disease, figured out how to preserve red blood cells, developed a drug to treat multiple sclerosis, figured out how the X chromosome influenced tumor growth, and pioneered a new therapy for leukemia and several other cancers: bone marrow transplants. And more. Dr. Beutler stayed on as a Department Chair at Scripps until his 80th birthday on September 30. He died October 5 -- ironically, from leukemia. He was 80. From This is True for 5 October 2008 Suggestions for further reading: My Sister's Keeper - Movie Tie-In: A Novel by Jodi Picoult Amazon Price: $10.88 Customer Review: My Sister's Keeper was a terrific book. I loved the fact that the people narrating the book kept on switching to different characters. I liked this because you got to see everyone's side of the story. I enjoyed how the reader got to see what happened...   Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes (PMC) (Puffin Modern Classics) by Eleanor Coerr Amazon Price: $5.99 Customer Review: A true story- make paper cranes and your wish may come true. A close relative of mine has pancreatic cancer -- she now has one thousand paper cranes, and the story in this book has given her encouragement. The story is based on a Japanese legend.   Drums, Girls, And Dangerous Pie by Jordan Sonnenblick Amazon Price: $6.99 Customer Review: great book. it was funny heart wrenching novel. my only problem was at the end. when the band relveled their surprise to jefferry ( im talking about their hair...). it was sweet but a little to sweet. i dont mean to sound nasty but i doubt that a gro...   Gideon's Gift (The Red Gloves Collection #1) by Karen Kingsbury Amazon Price: $1.37 Customer Review: This wonderful novella from author Karen Kingsbury is destined to become a Christmas classic. It is heartwarming and inspirational in its story of belief in miracles by a selfless young girl with leukemia, and a man haunted by his memories living on ...   One Thousand Paper Cranes: The Story of Sadako and the Children's Peace Statue by Ishii Takayuki Amazon Price: $5.50 Customer Review: Having visited the Children's Peace Statue in Hiroshima in 1994, I appreciated the background information that Takayuki Ishii effectively weaves into this book. I was moved by his account of Sadako's courage throughout her illness and of her classma...   Newsfeed display by CaRP

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