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: A Novel by Jodi Picoult Amazon Price: Customer Review: This is one of those books that pulls you in from the beginning. I read this book in 2 days, I just couldn't put it down. It is very sad at the end and tissues are highly recommended.   Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes (PMC) (Puffin Modern Classics) by Eleanor Coerr Amazon Price: $5.99 Customer Review: "If a sick person folds one thousand paper cranes, the gods will grant her wish and make her healthy again." Sadako was two years old when the atom bomb was dropped on her home town of Hiroshima. Ten years later she developed leukemia as a result o...   Blood and Bone (A Hannibal Jones Mystery) by Austin Camacho Amazon Price: Customer Review: I met the author at a home show and got this book. It was so good I've followed him to get more of them. The last time was in Bowie, MD at Borders and they didn't have but one. He was nice enough to send me the other 2 Hannibal Jones books. I've ...   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...   Sadako by Eleanor Coerr Amazon Price: $6.80 Customer Review: While a well drawn book, and very emotionally touching, the book continues to perpetuate the myth that Sadako Sasaki failed to fold 1,000 cranes. Sadako Sasaki actually finished over 1300+ cranes before her death and did this in approximately only a ...   Newsfeed display by CaRP

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