Kazimierz Petrusewicz, 1906-1982

Obituary for Prof. Kazimierz Rzymski

Born on March 13, 1932 in the small town of Nowe Miasto Lubawskie, he was raised during the difficult times of war, hunger and human tragedy. His relentless desire to become a medical doctor and serve humanity succeeded in 1958 when he graduated from Poznań Academy of Medical Sciences (later Poznań University of Medical Sciences, PUMS). From that time on, he worked continuously, both profession...

Dmd053405 1906..1913

Carbinol [4,49-(hydroxymethylene)dibenzonitrile] is the main phase 1 metabolite of letrozole, a nonsteroidal aromatase inhibitor used for endocrine therapy in postmenopausal breast cancer. We elucidated the contribution of UDP-glucuronosyltransferase (UGT) isoforms on the glucuronidation of carbinol. Identification of UGT isoforms was performed using a panel of recombinant human UGT enzymes. Ki...

Pierre Curie, 1859–1906

The year 2006 marked 100 years since the death of Pierre Curie. It is therefore appropriate that we remember his life and his work, which was cut short by his untimely death from an accident on the Pont Neuf, Paris, on April 19, 1906. He had already accomplished much during his life, both before the discovery of radium with Marie Curie, in work co-authored with his brother Jacques on piezoelect...

Christian A. Herter, 1906

Hans Asperger (1906-1980)

Hans Asperger studied mental abnormalities in children in Vienna, Austria, in the early twentieth century. Asperger was one of the early researchers who studied the syndrome that was later named after him, Asperger's Syndrome. Asperger described the syndrome in his 1944 publication Die Autistischen Psychopathen im Kindesalter (Autistic Psychopathy in Childhood). At that time, the syndrome was c...