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...have a third metabolism which causes the tubercles of tuberculosis to grow. This third chemistry varies with the strain of the bacillus and its animal host (man, cow, fowl, fish). But always typical compounds result-of fats with sugars, albumins with sugars. The fats and albumins in all types uf tuberculosis are very much alike. But the sugars differ greatly. Hence the sugars are suspected of bearing a close relation to the disease and it is the sugars which tuberculesis researchers are trying to control. Hope lies in using light or some other catalyst to swing the chemical combinations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: A. A. A. S. Meeting (Cont.) | 1/13/1930 | See Source »

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