Title:

A Cloud of Questions Hovers Around Carbon Monoxide

Creator:

Lederberg, Joshua

Date:

31 May 1969

Description:

NOTE: This article appeared under the headline, "The Carbon Monoxide Menace", in the Sunday, June 8, 1969 edition of The San Francisco Chronicle. It also appeared under the headline, "Carbon Monoxide: Its Fate, Future", in the Monday, June 2, 1969 edition of The Oak Ridge, Tennessee Oak Ridger.

Periodical:

Washington Post

Publisher:

Washington Post Company

Location:

Box: 107. Folder: 17

Rights:

Reproduced with permission of the Washington Post.

Genre:

Articles
Newspaper columns

Format:

Text

Extent:

1 pages

Language:

English

Legacy Source Citation:

Periodical. Lederberg, Joshua. "A Cloud of Questions Hovers Around Carbon Monoxide." Washington Post, (31 May 1969). Article. Newspaper Column. 1 Image.. Washington Post. Lederberg UI. S153

Legacy ID:

BBABVL

NLM ID:

101584906X1207

Profiles Collection:

The Joshua Lederberg Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584906X1207

Annotation:

Author: Joshua Lederberg. Date Written: August 5, 2000. KW: Benesch; DPG; fate of CO; I wondered how mlow-saturation levels of CO could be so harmful; Perutz pointed out that one mole of CO alters the Hb-4 complex (allosteric effect) amplifying iots toxic potential; also CO has more recently been discovered to be a neurotransmitter; jl 8/5/00

Lederberg Grouping:

S. SAM Science and Man Series.