William L. Cleveland (1941-2006)

Ira B. Black 1941–2006

In his book The Dying of Enoch Wallace, Ira Black writes about the devastating consequences of Alzheimer's disease upon a successful Wall Street banker named Enoch Wallace. By describing the symptoms of the disease along with research discoveries in neurobiology, Black paints a picture of the future when neurology and neuroscience will conquer diseases of the brain. Unfortunately, Ira did not l...

Sex Induced with Ecdysone by L. R. Cleveland

* Assisted by the National Science Foundation. Dresselhaus, Kip, and Kittel, Phys. Rev., 98, 368 (1955). 2 Kroemer, H., Phys. Rev., 109, 1856 (1958); also private communication. 3 Similar considerations have been carried out independently by Dr. Peter Kaus of the University of Southern California. Dr. S. Rodriguez of the University of Washington has successfully extended our argument to motion ...

Cleveland Division of Police Traffic Stop Data Study : Final Report July 7 , 2006

Tiglicaciduria in Propionicacidaemia By WILLIAM L . NYHAN , TOSHIYUKI ANDO

Propionicacidaemia is an inborn error of organic acid metabolism in which there is a defect in propionyl-CoA carboxylase activity, and a clinical picture of overwhelming illness very early in life which was originally described as ketotic hyperglycinaemia (Childs et al., 1961; Hommes et al., 1968; Hsia et al., 1970). These patients have large amounts of glycine in their blood and urine. They al...

Victor Jollos ( 1887 - 1941 )

Victor Jollos studied fruit flies and microorganisms in Europe and the US, and he introduced the concept of Dauermodifikationen in the early 1900s. The concept of Dauermodifikationen refers to environmentally-induced traits that are heritable for only a limited number of generations. Some scientists interpreted the results of Jollos's work on Paramecium [4] and Drosophila [5] as evidence for cy...