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...Sperti found Sister Mary Jordan Carroll a "brilliant student," quick-fingered and witty as well. She and Professor J. C. Fardon did an astute experiment on the eye colors of Drosophila melanogaster, the scientifically renowned fruit fly. They made spectroscopic analyses of the pigments, found there was only one basic, sepia-hued pigment which was present in varying amounts under the control of the genes. In 1938 Sister Mary Jordan Carroll's paper on this work attracted wide notice...
Lately Sister Mary Jordan Carroll, Professor Fardon and others at the Institutum have been investigating the respiration of cells. From yeast and animal tissue cells they were able to extract an oxidizing agent, which they call biodin, and which stimulates oxygen consumption. After precipitation as a white powder, biodin retains its powers, can be sent back to work to speed up the life fires of injured tissues. Last week, at the American Association for the Advancement of Science convention in Philadelphia, Sister Mary Jordan Carroll demonstrated biodin, with microscope and test tube. Naturally she attracted a good deal of attention...
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