NEW ZEALAND CHEMIST TO STUDY

Taupo Times, Volume I, Issue 27, 16 July 1952, Page 7

NEW ZEALAND CHEMIST TO STUDY

THE NEW DRUG CORTISONE To work under one of America's leading scientists on a cardiac stimulant chemically related to the new drug cortisone, a New Zealand chemist has recently left for De- j troit. Mr C. W. Brandt, M.Sc., A.N.Z.I.C. | semor chemist of the Organic Sec- ! tion of the Dominion Laboratory, | Department of Scientific and In- ! dustrial Research, has been granted a year's leave of absence to take up a post-graduate fellowship to work ■ under Dr Carl Djerassi at Wayne 'j University, Detroit, U.iS.A. Dr Djerassi has been one of the foremost American scientists in the field of determining the structure of cortisone, and for developing a synthesis for it. 'Cortisone is a new drug for medical treatment, some remarkable results belng ootained from it in the treatment. of arthritis. 'Mr Brandt is to carry out studies and research on steroids related to cortisone — that is, the class of compound of particular chemical structure of plant and animal origin that are related to the new drug. Mr Brandt was educated at Fielding High School and at Victoria University Colleges wehe he graduated M.Sc. At the Dominion Laboratory he has been responsible for original work of the ehemistry of natural prortucts of plant origin, particularly on the resins from native New Zealand timbers. Mr Brandt has had published in New Zealand and overseas scientific journals several papers on his work.