How to Live Longer And Feel Betterby Linus Pauling (1901-1994),
was an American quantum chemist and biochemist and
the only person to win two unshared Nobel prizeshttp://www.amazon.com/gp/product/customer-reviews/0870710966/ref=cm_rev_next/002-3864928-0956001?ie=UTF8&customer-reviews.sort%5Fby=%2BOverallRating&n=283155&s=books&customer-reviews.start=11Linus Pauling was first introduced to the concept of
high-dose vitamin C by biochemist Irwin Stone in 1966
and began taking several grams every day to prevent colds. Excited by the results, he researched the clinical literature and published "Vitamin C and the Common Cold" in 1970. He began a long clinical collaboration with the British cancer surgeon, Ewan Cameron, [11] in 1971 on the use of intravenous and
oral vitamin C as cancer therapy for terminal patients. Cameron and Pauling wrote many technical papers and a popular book, "Cancer and Vitamin C", that discussed their observations. After three disputed trials at the Mayo Clinic, Pauling, known for his blunt precision and candor[12], pointedly denounced Moertel's conclusions and handling of the final study as "fraud and deliberate misrepresentation" [13], Pauling published critiques of the second Mayo-Moertel cancer trial's flaws over several years as he was able to slowly unearth some of the trial's undisclosed details.[14]
However, the wave of adverse publicity generated by Moertel and the media effectively undercut Pauling's credibility and his vitamin C work for a generation.[15] Always precariously perched since his molecular biologically inspired crusade to stop atmospheric nuclear testing in the 1950s[16], the 1985 Mayo-Moertel confrontation left Pauling isolated from his institutional funding sources, academic support and a bemused public. He later collaborated with the Canadian physician, Abram Hoffer, [17] on a micronutrient regimen, including high-dose vitamin C, as adjunctive cancer therapy.
As of 2005, some physicians have called for a more careful reassessment of vitamin C[18], especially intravenous vitamin C, in cancer treatment. The selective toxicity of vitamin C for cancer cells has been demonstrated repeatedly[19], [20].
The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences [21] recently published a paper demonstrating vitamin C killing cancer cells.Honours
1931 Langmuir Prize, American Chemical Society
1941 Nichols Medal, New York Section, American Chemical Society
1947 Davy Medal, Royal Society
1948 United States Presidential Medal for Merit
1952 Pasteur Medal, Biochemical Society of France
1954 Nobel Prize, Chemistry 1955 Addis Medal, National Nephrosis Foundation
1955 Phillips Memorial Award, American College of Physicians
1956 Avogadro Medal, Italian Academy of Science
1957 Paul Sabatier Medal
1957 Pierre Fermat Medal in Mathematics
1957 International Grotius Medal
1962 Nobel Peace Prize 1965 Order of Merit, Republic of Italy
1965 Medal, Academy of the Rumanian People's Republic
1966 Linus Pauling Medal
1966 Silver Medal, Institute of France
1966 Supreme Peace Sponsor, World Fellowship of Religion
1972 United States National Medal of Science
1972 International Lenin Peace Prize
1978 Lomonosov Medal, USSR Academy of Science
1979 Medal for Chemical Sciences, National Academy of Science
1984 Priestley Medal, American Chemical Society
1984 Award for Chemistry, Arthur M. Sackler Foundation
1987 Award in Chemical Education, American Chemical Society
1989 Vannevar Bush Award, National Science Board
1990 Richard C. Tolman Medal, Southern California, Section, American Chemical Society
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