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Carleton Gajdusek: Nobel prize winner and other researchers are studying protein related to nervous system diseases.
Carleton Gajdusek: Nobel prize winner and other researchers are studying protein related to nervous system diseases.

Carleton Gajdusek: Nobel prize winner and other researchers are studying protein related to nervous system diseases.

Date4/9/1986
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Eye operation: Eye surgeon Dr. Lionel Chisholm of Toronto Western Hospital says a research clinic here would provide a centre where he and other doctors could share information on eye treatment techniques with researchers. Because there is no eye research institute in Canada, those with disease or injures often travel to the U.S., the site of the nearest eye centres.
Eye operation: Eye surgeon Dr. Lionel Chisholm of Toronto Western Hospital says a research clinic here would provide a centre where he and other doctors could share information on eye treatment techniques with researchers. Because there is no eye research institute in Canada, those with disease or injures often travel to the U.S., the site of the nearest eye centres.
2/4/1986
Don't delay': Yohda Persaud, with a picture of his 16-year-old son who died of meningitis, says Richard's death will not be a waste if others can be warned of the disease's danger
Don't delay': Yohda Persaud, with a picture of his 16-year-old son who died of meningitis, says Richard's death will not be a waste if others can be warned of the disease's danger
12/21/1986
Top Researchers: Metro's Dr. Louis Siminovitch, left, and Dr. Philip Seeman seek schizophrenia's secrets.
Top Researchers: Metro's Dr. Louis Siminovitch, left, and Dr. Philip Seeman seek schizophrenia's secrets.
8/26/1980
Lignin researchers: Dr. Steven Strasberg and Ruth Kaye of Toronto Western Hospital have been working for four years to find a non-surgical treatment or prevention ofr gallstones. Stasberg says women seem to be more susceptible to them because of hormonal differenes.
Lignin researchers: Dr. Steven Strasberg and Ruth Kaye of Toronto Western Hospital have been working for four years to find a non-surgical treatment or prevention ofr gallstones. Stasberg says women seem to be more susceptible to them because of hormonal differenes.
7/14/1981
Alzheimer's researchers: Dr. Donald stuss, left, and Dr. Guy Prouix are co-chairmen of symposium on head injuries and aging to be held April 26-27.
Alzheimer's researchers: Dr. Donald stuss, left, and Dr. Guy Prouix are co-chairmen of symposium on head injuries and aging to be held April 26-27.
4/15/1990
Donna Keystone carries daughter Danielle, 3, on her back as she, husband, Jay, did in Africa while they were studying tropical diseases
Donna Keystone carries daughter Danielle, 3, on her back as she, husband, Jay, did in Africa while they were studying tropical diseases
7/24/1977
Dr. Murray fisher is directing research of diseases of the liver at the University of Toronto a graduate of the U of T, he did post-graduat work and research in Britain and the U.S. before returning to his alma mater. Recently the Canadian Hepatic Foundat
Dr. Murray fisher is directing research of diseases of the liver at the University of Toronto a graduate of the U of T, he did post-graduat work and research in Britain and the U.S. before returning to his alma mater. Recently the Canadian Hepatic Foundat
6/29/1971
Thousands of prisoners who died at the Bergen Belsen concentration camp during World War II weren't deliberately starved to death but died from a rash of diseases, according to a psychiatrist who was there in 1945. Russell William Barton, 61, of Rochester, N.Y., said that when he entered the camp on May 2, 1945, he had heard and believed that prisoners were deliberately starved to death by the Nazis.
Thousands of prisoners who died at the Bergen Belsen concentration camp during World War II weren't deliberately starved to death but died from a rash of diseases, according to a psychiatrist who was there in 1945. Russell William Barton, 61, of Rochester, N.Y., said that when he entered the camp on May 2, 1945, he had heard and believed that prisoners were deliberately starved to death by the Nazis.
2/7/1985
Life saver? David and Judith Stewart, Inventors of the Masor, no longer claim to treat diseases, only pain
Life saver? David and Judith Stewart, Inventors of the Masor, no longer claim to treat diseases, only pain
8/13/1991
Birth Control: Some Metro high schools have on-site clinics that provide birth-control devices and counselling on sex and sexually related diseases
Birth Control: Some Metro high schools have on-site clinics that provide birth-control devices and counselling on sex and sexually related diseases
10/19/1990
Guards fear AIDS: Prison guards argue they need better protection against inmates with AIDS or related diseases
Guards fear AIDS: Prison guards argue they need better protection against inmates with AIDS or related diseases
1/1/1975
Academic Huck Finn: Zoology researcher Peter Fetterolf, who is studying gulls on the Leslie St. split, wears feathers in his cap to protect himself from dive-bombing gulls guarding their turf. They attack the feathers and miss your head, says the scient
Academic Huck Finn: Zoology researcher Peter Fetterolf, who is studying gulls on the Leslie St. split, wears feathers in his cap to protect himself from dive-bombing gulls guarding their turf. They attack the feathers and miss your head, says the scient
4/27/1984