Eduardo Cruz-Coke Lassabe, Chilean biochemist (Valparaiso
22 April 1899 – Santiago 18 March 1974) From French mother and English grandfather ACHIEVEMENTS Developed the idea that molecular fluctuations exert a major influence on cells rather than that exerted by thermodynamics anticipating J. Monod Las transformaciones de la energia en
los organismos vivos. Rev. La Clinica
4:517-30, 1927 Discovered tyrosine molecule in angiotensin With J. Mardones & M. Plaza de los Reyes proposed
a scheme of a number of biochemical reactions in renal hypertension mechanism METHODS Developed chemical methods for inactivating
angiotensin (1946) With L. Lapicque. Nouvelle methode de dialyse
chloroformique. Compt. Rend. Soc. Biol. Paris 96:946-8, 1927 Sur une reaction chimique de la vitamine
antirachitique. Compt. Rend. Soc. Biol. Paris 105, 1930 With F. Gonzalez & W. Hulsen. A simple method of
purifying penicillin by means of synthetic resins. Science 101:340, 1945 A colour reaction of vitamine E with vitamine K and
cysteine. Nature 181(4601):49, 1958 HONORS Doctor Honoris Causa, Université de Paris Life Member, New York Academy of Sciences Honorary Member, United States Surgeons Association Vice-president, First International Congress of
Biochemistry, Cambridge (1949) His son, Ricardo Cruz-Coke Madrid, Chilean physician
(Santiago 1925 – Authored about 300 publications about medicine,
genetics, ethics and history Described a nomogram to estimate the chance of consanguinity for specific autosomal recessive diseases Nomogram for estimating specific consanguinity risks.
J. Med. Genet. 19(3):216-7, 1982 Sexagesimal scale for mapping human genome. Rev. Chil.
Hist. Nat. 74(1):91-7, 2001 A general diagram of human genome. J. Med. Genet. 27:388-9, 1990 |
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