Raymond Shamberger
Raymond Shamberger | |
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| Born | 23 August 1934 |
| Died | 2 July 2022 |
| Occupation | Biochemist |
Raymond J. Shamberger (23 August 1934 – 2 July 2022) was an American biochemist and cancer researcher.
Shamberger joined the
Cleveland Clinic Foundation in 1969 and was head of the Clinic's enzymology section.[1] He was director of King James Medical Laboratory.[2] Shamberger became a member of the American Institute for Cancer Research in 1972.[3] He originated the hypothesis that selenium may protect against cancer and correlated selenium levels in crops with cancer mortality.[4][5]
In 1987, Shamberger was accused of plagiarizing a 1982
Plenum Press withdrew the book from publication.[6]
His 1983 book Biochemistry of Selenium was positively reviewed in academic journals.[7][8][9]
Selected publications
- Possible Protective Effect of Selenium Against Human Cancer (1969)
- Selenium in the Environment (1981)
- Biochemistry of Selenium (1983)[7]
- Nutrition and Cancer (1984)[10]
- Chemoprevention of Cancer (1986)
- Selenium and Cancer (1990)
References
- ^ JSTOR 1699487. Archived from the originalon 2023-07-22.
- ^ "Dr. Raymond Shamberger". mcvfuneralhomes.com. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
- ^ "In Memoriam: Raymond J. Shamberger". aacr.org. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
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- ISBN 0-309-03280-6
- ^ ISBN 0-7864-0463-9
- ^ JSTOR 27852292.
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- JSTOR 27853428.