Albert Einstein College of Medicine New York

S. D. Schwartz (Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York City, US.A.) Y.G. Smeyers (Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, Madrid, Spain)... 

Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York City, U.S.A. 

Dr. Majumder is a reviewer of many peer-reviewed journals. He received his Ph.D. in Biochemistry from University of Calcutta in 1975 and did his postdoctoral studies at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, USA and the University of Zurich, Switzerland. He was a Visiting Associate and Research Molecular Biologist at the University of California at Berkeley, USA. 

The most enthusiastic reports concern the diterpenoids paclitaxel, Taxol (from Taxus brevifolia) and docetaxel, Taxotere (from Taxus baccata) having unique tri- or tetracyclic 20 carbon skeletons extracted from the bark of yew. This tree was known as a toxic plant for animals and humans for centuries. Monroe E. Wall and Mansukh C. Wani, at the Research Triangle Park (Chapel Hill, USA), identified the active principle of the yew tree in 1971. In 1979, Susan Horwitz of the Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine (New York) suggested that paclitaxel s mechanism of action was different from that of any previously known cytotoxic agent. She observed an increase in the mitotic index of P388 cells and an inhibition of human HeLa and mouse fibroblast cells in the G2 and M phases of the cell cycle. 

Na Xui 2/, Carol m Pirragliai, Unisha PateP and Monn Monn MyaP Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York Department of Cell Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York... 

C. Fred Brewer, Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, 10461, USA... 

Even more disturbing was a study linking low sodium consumption with an increase in heart attack risk. Working with hypertensive men at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City, Dr. Michael Alderman detected an unexpectedly high incidence of heart attacks in men who had low amounts of salt in their urine, reflecting their dietary restrictions. The study followed nearly two thousand men for almost four years. More than four times as many heart attacks occurred in men with the lowest amounts of sodium in their urine compared with men who had the highest amounts of urinary sodium. 

Richard Grossman is a psychotherapist currently on staff at both the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and the Beth Israel Medical Center in New York. He has been director of the Center for Health and Medicine at Montefiore Hospital and Medical Center in New York and has written many books, including The Other Medicines (1985), The Natural Family Doctor (1987), and Fear at Work (1990). This 1983 article first appeared in Health magazine as part of Grossman s column called Richard s Almanac. ... 

The latest version of this method has not been published, but can be obtained from the authors on request (A. G. Morell, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University, New York 61, New York). 

Seaver Center for Bioinformatics Albert Einstein College of Medicine Bronx, New York USA... 

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