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1961

#8381

The serial cultivation of human diploid cell strains.

HAYFLICK, Leonard (1928 – 2024)
HAYFLICK, Leonard (1928 – 2024) MOORHEAD, Paul Sidney (1924 – )

The Hayflick limit. Hayflick demonstrated that a population of normal human fetal cells in a cell culture will divide between 40 and 60 times. The population then enters a senescence phase.

1961

#12015

No time for prejudice: A story of the integration of negroes in nursing in the United States.

STAUPERS, Mabel Keaton

Primarily a history of the National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses [NACGN], which existed for the express purpose of "promoting unity within the nursing profession and furthering the cause of democracy." Integ…

1962

#357

Histoire de la zoologie des origines à Linné.

PETIT, Georges (1892 – 1973) THÉODORIDÉS, Jean (1926 – 1899)

1962

#256.12

Adult frogs derived from the nuclei of single somatic cells.

GURDON, Sir John Bertrand (1933 – )
GURDON, Sir John Bertrand (1933 – )

Demonstration that somatic and germinal nuclei are genetically equivalent. Using somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT), Gurdon (Nobel Prize 2012) transplanted cell nuclei from mature intestinal tadpole cells into enucl…

1962

#6984

Nomina et virtutes balneorum; seu de balneis Puteolorum et Baiarum. Codex angelico 1474. Facsimile edition, introduction by Angela Daneu Lattanzi.

PETER OF EBOLI, (Petrus de Ebulo) ( – 1220) LATTANZI, Angela Daneu (1901 – 1985)

Written about in the early 13th century by the poet, chronicler and physician Peter of Eboli, the didactic poem, De balneis Putelolanis (The baths of Pozzuoli) was the first widely distributed medieval guidebook to me…

1962

#7841

Silent spring.

CARSON, Rachel Louise (1907 – 1964)
CARSON, Rachel Louise (1907 – 1964)

This very carefully documented book convincingly proved the disastrous effects of DDT in the environment, and generated a storm of controversy. It was later credited with founding the "environmental movement" in the U…

1962

#12033

Host specificity of DNA produced by escherichia coli. II. Control over acceptance of DNA from infecting phage lambda.

ARBER, Werner (1929 – )
ARBER, Werner (1929 – )
ROULLAND-DUSSOIX, Daisy (1936 – 2014)
ROULLAND-DUSSOIX, Daisy (1936 – 2014)

Order of authorship in the original publication: Dussoix, Arber. The authors discovered that restriction of DNA from infecting bacteriophage was due to the attack and breakdown of the modified bacteriophage's DNA by s…

1962

#12034

The concept of a bacterium.

STANIER, Roger Yate (1916 – 1982) NIEL, Cornelis Bernardus van (1897 – 1985)

Order of authorship in the original publication: Stanier, Niel. For much of the 20th centurty prokaryotes were regarded as a single group of organisms, classified on the basis of their biochemistry, morphology and met…

1962

#13562

Extraction, purification and properties of Aequorin, a bioluminescent protein from the luminous hydromedusan, Aequorea.

SHIMOMURA, Osamu (1928 – 2018)
SHIMOMURA, Osamu (1928 – 2018) JOHNSON, Frank H. SAIGA, Yo

Shimomura reported the discovery of green fluorescent protein (GFP) in a single footnote in this paper that was otherwise devoted to an entirely different bioluminescent protein: photoprotein aequorin. This may be the…

1963

#5019.4

Psychoanalysis, psychology and literature: A bibliography.

KIELL, Norman (1916 – )

Contains 4,460 references.

1963

#7375

A history of domesticated animals.

ZEUNER, Frederick Everard (1905 – 1963)

1963

#12427

Cytological demonstration of the clonal nature of spleen colonies derived from transplanted mouse marrow cells.

MCCULLOCH, Ernest Armstrong (1926 – 2011)
TILL, James Edgar (1931 – )
TILL, James Edgar (1931 – ) BECKER, Andrew John (1935 – 2015)

McCulloch and Till discovered the blood-forming stem cell, the hematopoietic stem cell (HSC), through their pioneering work in mice. McCulloch and Till began a series of experiments in which bone marrow cells were inj…

1963

#12428

The distribution of colony-forming cells among spleen colonies.

MCCULLOCH, Ernest Armstrong (1926 – 2011)
TILL, James Edgar (1931 – )
TILL, James Edgar (1931 – ) SIMINOVITCH, Louis "Lou" (1920 – )

Evidence that stem cells are capable of self-renewal. (Order of authorship in the original publication: Siminovitch, McCullch, Till). Digital facsimile from tspace.library.utoronto.ca at this link.

1963

#13955

A multiple ribosomal structure in protein synthesis.

RICH, Alexander (1924 – 2015) WARNER, Jonathan R. KNOPF, Paul M.

Alexander Rich discovered polysomes, clusters of ribosomes which read one strand of mRNA simultaneously. Order of authorship in the original publication: Warner, Knopf, Rich. Digital facsimile from PubMedCentral at th…

1963

#14305

The genetic control of tertiary protein structure studies with mode systems.

ANFINSEN, Christian Boehmer Jr. (1916 – 1995)
ANFINSEN, Christian Boehmer Jr. (1916 – 1995) EPSTEIN, Charles Joseph (1933 – 2011) GOLDBERGER, Robert Frank (1934 – 2003)

In 1972 Anfinsen shared half of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Stanford Moore and William H. Stein for "for his work on ribonuclease, especially concerning the connection between the amino acid sequence and biologi…

1964

#6610.3

The Royal College of Physicians of London: Portraits.

WOLSTENHOLME, Sir Gordon Ethelbert Ward (1913 – 2004)

Descriptions of the portraits by D. Piper. Wolstenholme and J.F. Kerslake edited Vol. 2 of the study, with essays by R. Ekkart and D. Piper, Oxford, Elsevier, 1977.

1964

#257

Synthetic deoxyribopolynucleotides as templates for ribonucleic acid polymerase: The formation and characterization of a ribopolynucleotide with a repeating trinucleotide sequence.

KHORANA, Har Gobind (1922 – 2011)
KHORANA, Har Gobind (1922 – 2011) NISHIMURA, S JACOB, Thazhuthaveetil Mathai (J. T.) (1927 – 2014)

Order of authorship in the original publication: Nishimura, Jacob, Khorana. Digital facsimile from PubMedCentral at this link.

1964

#9396

The works of Sir Thomas Browne. Edited by Geoffrey Keynes. 4 vols.

KEYNES, Sir Geoffrey Langdon (1887 – 1982)
KEYNES, Sir Geoffrey Langdon (1887 – 1982)
BROWNE, Sir Thomas (1605 – 1682)
BROWNE, Sir Thomas (1605 – 1682)

Revised and slightly expanded from Keynes's first edition (6 vols., London: Faber & Faber, 1928-31).

1964

#13944

On the colinearity of gene structure and protein structure.

YANOFSKY, Charles (1925 – 2018) CARLTON, Bruce C. HENNING, U. & et al.

Yanofsky and colleagues established that gene sequences and protein sequences are colinear in bacteria. Order of authorship in the original publication: Yanofsky, Carlton, ... Henning. In genetics, coliniarity is a pr…

1964

#13968

Co-linearity of the gene with the polypeptide chain.

STRETTON, Antony Oliver Ward (1936 – )
BRENNER, Sydney (1927 – 2019)
BRENNER, Sydney (1927 – 2019) SARABHAI, A. S. BOLLE, A.

Order of authorship in the original publication: Sarabhai, Stretton, Brenner, Bolle. Brenner (Nobel Prize 2002) and colleagues performed the first study to show co-linearity; i.e., that there is a simple congruence be…

1964

#13984

A mechanism for gene conversion in fungi.

HOLLIDAY, Robin (1932 – 2014)

Holliday described a mechanism of DNA-strand exchange that attempted to explain gene-conversion events that occur during meiosis in fungi. That model became known as the Holliday Junction. "A Holliday junction is a br…

1965

#257.2

Structure of a ribonucleic acid.

HOLLEY, Robert William (1922 – 1993) & et al.

The complete sequence of an alanine transfer RNA determined – the first nucleic acid structure to be determined. With seven co-authors. In 1968 Holley shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Har Gobind K…

1965

#7422

Restoring the quality of our environment. Report of The Environmental Pollution Panel, President's Science Advisory Committee.

U.S. PRESIDENT'S SCIENCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Digital facsimile available at this link.

1965 –1991

#9075

History of animals. Vol. 1, Books 1-3; Vol. 2, Books 4-6; Vol. 3, Books 7-10. Vols. 1 & 2 edited with an introduction and translated by A. L. Peck; Vol. 3 edited and translated by D. M. Balme.

ARISTOTLE (ἈΡΙΣΤΟΤΈΛΗΣ) (-384 – -322)
ARISTOTLE (ἈΡΙΣΤΟΤΈΛΗΣ) (-384 – -322) BALME, David Mowbray (1912 – 1989) PECK, A. L.

Loeb Classic Library.

1965 –1970

#9663

Poisonous and venomous marine animals of the world

HALSTEAD, Bruce W. (1920 – 2002) COURVILLE, Donovan Amos (1901 – 1996)

Volume 1: Invertebrates; Vols. 2 & 3: Vertebrates. An unusually elaborate and finely printed, illustrated and bound set funded by the Department of Defense. Over 2000 pages. The first 155pp of Vol. 1 are a "History of…

1965

#9729

Molecular biology of the gene.

WATSON, James Dewey (1928 – )
WATSON, James Dewey (1928 – )

Watson's first book on molecular biology, and the first textbook on what was then a new academic subject. Seventh revised edition, with five co-authors, 2013.

1965

#13963

The twisted circular form of polyoma viral DNA.

LEBOWITZ, Jacob VINOGRAD, Jerome (1913 – 1976)

Discovery of DNA supercoiling. DNA supercoiling refers to the amount of twist in a particular DNA strand, which determines the amount of strain on it. A given strand may be "positively supercoiled" or "negatively supe…

1965

#13992

The synthesis of a self-propagating and infectious nucleic acid with a purified enzyme.

SPIEGELMAN, Sol (1914 – 1983)
SPIEGELMAN, Sol (1914 – 1983) & et al.

Spiegelman's Monster, the name given to an RNA chain of only 218 nucleotides that can be reproduced by the RNA replication enzyme RNA-dependent RNA polymerase, also called RNA replicase. Spiegelman achieved the first …

1965

#14174

Dynein: A protein with adenosine triphosphate activity from cilia.

GIBBONS, Ian Read (1931 – 2018)
GIBBONS, Ian Read (1931 – 2018) ROWE, A. J.

IN 1963 Gibbons discovered a novel protein on microtubules. In 1965 he purified two regions of the protein, known as its two "arms" and named the protein dynein. This protein converts the chemical energy stored in ATP…

1966 –1978

#358

Die zoologische Buchillustration. Ihre Bibliographie und Geschichte. 2 vols.

NISSEN, Claus (1901 – 1975)

The most comprehensive history and historical bibliography of zoological illustration.

1966

#1588.3

The history of cell respiration and cytochrome

KEILIN, David (1887 – 1963)
KEILIN, David (1887 – 1963) KEILIN, Joan

See No. 968.

1966

#534.1

Marcello Malpighi and the evolution of embryology. 5 vols.

MALPIGHI, Marcello (1628 – 1694)
MALPIGHI, Marcello (1628 – 1694) ADELMANN, Howard Bernhardt (1898 – 1988)

Vol. 1 is an exhaustive biography of Malpighi; the remaining 4 volumes provide an extensive account of the development of embryology, and annotated English translations of Nos. 468 & 469.

1966

#8992

Adaptation and natural selection: A Critique of some current evolutionary thought.

WILLIAMS, George Christopher (1926 – 2010)

1966

#9191

Phage and the origins of molecular biology. Edited by John Cairns, G. Stent, and J. D. Watson.

WATSON, James Dewey (1928 – )
WATSON, James Dewey (1928 – )
STENT, Gunther S. (1924 – 2008)
STENT, Gunther S. (1924 – 2008) CAIRNS, Hugh John Foster (1922 – )

Expanded edition, 1992. 40th anniversary edition, 2007.

1966

#12801

The original water-color paintings by John James Audubon for The Birds of America. Reproduced in color from the collection at The New York Historical Society. Introduction by Marshall B. Davidson. 2 vols.

AUDUBON, John James Laforest (1785 – 1851)
AUDUBON, John James Laforest (1785 – 1851)

First printed edition of the "virtually complete" series of original water-color paintings for Audubon's The Birds of America, preserved in The New York Historical Society.

1966

#13939

N-Formyl-methionyl-sRibonucleic acid and chain initiation in protein biosynthesis - polypeptide synthesis directed by a bacteriophage ribonucleic acid in a cell-free system.

MARCKER, Kjeld Adrian (1932 – 2018)

Marcker discovered that the biosynthesis of proteins is always initiated by a tRNA molecule that carries the modified amino acid formyl-methionine.

1966

#13951

Isolation of the LAC repressor.

GILBERT, Walter (1932 – )
GILBERT, Walter (1932 – ) MÜLLER-HILL, Benno (1933 – 2018)

With his Ph.D. student Benno Müller-Hill, Gilbert was the first to purify the lac repressor, just beating out Mark Ptashne for purifying the first gene regulatory protein.

1966

#13967

Codon-anticodon pairing: The wobble hypothesis.

CRICK, Francis Harry Compton (1916 – 2004)
CRICK, Francis Harry Compton (1916 – 2004)

"In the genetic code, there are 43 = 64 possible codons (3 nucleotide sequences). For translation, each of these codons requires a tRNA molecule with an anticodon with which it can stably complement. If each tRNA mole…

1966

#14064

"Fertile" intestine nuclei.

GURDON, Sir John Bertrand (1933 – )
GURDON, Sir John Bertrand (1933 – ) UEHLINGER, V.

Gurdon and Uehlinger replaced the cell nucleus of frog ova with frog intestinal nuclei to generate tadpoles, some of which became fertile adult male and female frogs. In 2012 the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine …

1967 –1972

#461.2

Geschichte der medizinische Abbildung. 2nd ed. 2 vols.

HERRLINGER, Robert (1914 – 1968) PUTSCHER, Marielene (1919 – 1997)

A history of medical illustration, but primarily covering the history of anatomy. English translation of Vol. 1 (to 1600), London: Pitman, 1970. Vol. 2, edited by Marielene Putscher, extended the work to close to time…

1967

#534.3

Essays in the history of embryology and biology.

OPPENHEIMER, Jane Marion (1911 – 1996)

1967

#6485.3

Ancient medicine: Selected Papers of Ludwig Edelstein. Edited by Owsei Temkin and C. Lilian Temkin. Translations from the German by C. Lilian Temkin.

TEMKIN, Oswei (1902 – 2002) EDELSTEIN, Ludwig (1902 – 1965) TEMKIN, C. Lilian

1967

#6610.5

The rod and serpent of Asklepios: Symbol of medicine.

SCHOUTEN, Jan

1967

#6610.7

Medicine in art: A cultural history. Jean Rousselot, general editor.

ROUSSELOT, Jean (1913 – 2004)

1967

#7048

The history of the Negro in medicine.

MORAIS, Herbert Montfort (1905 – 1970)

International Library of Negro Life and History. Revised edition, 1968.

1967

#7466

The origin of life.

BERNAL, John Desmond (1901 – 1971)

An outstanding illustrated synthesis of the topics as they stood in 1967, including Chapter 2: "Notions of the origins of life in the past," summarizing prior theories. Appendix 1 publishes the English translation of …

1967

#8155

The theory of island biogeography.

WILSON, Edward Osborne (1929 – 2021) MACARTHUR, Robert Helmer (1930 – 1972)

MacArthur and Wilson showed that the species richness of an area could be predicted in terms of such factors as habitat area, immigration rate and extinction rate.

1967

#9741

The doctor on the stage: Medicine and medical men in seventeenth-century England.

SILVETTE, Herbert (1906 – 2002)

1967

#12833

Self replication and scrapie.

GRIFFITH, John Stanley (1928 – 1972)

Griffith discussed complex physical chemistry mechanisms by which the scrapie agent could arise from information encoded in protein structure which could then be transferred to other protein molecules. He also conside…

1967

#12834

Does the agent of scrapie replicate without nucleic acids?

ALPER, Tikvah (1909 – 1995)
ALPER, Tikvah (1909 – 1995) CRAMP, W. A. HAIG, D. A. & et al.

This paper, which predated Griffith's' paper (No. 12833), demonstrated that the scrapie agent replicates without nucleic acids. Alper and colleagues irradiated scrapie infected mouse brain extracts with lethal ultravi…