Background
Bodanszky, Miklos was born on May 21, 1915 in Budapest, Hungary. Came to the United States, 1957, naturalized, 1964. Son of Lajos and Maria (Friedner) Bodanszky.
(During the years 1980-81, as guests of the Deutsches Woll...)
During the years 1980-81, as guests of the Deutsches Wollforschungsinstitut in Aachen, Germany, we were working on a small book entitled, "Principles of Peptide Synthesis". In the library of the Institute we noted that the volumes of Houben-Weyl's Handbuch der Organischen Chemie dealing with peptide synthesis were so much in use that they were ready to fall apart because the researchers of the Institute consulted them with amazing regularity. They were looking for references, but even more for experimental details which could be adapted to the particular problem they happened to face. In planning a new synthetic endeavor they tried to lean on the experience of others in analogous situations. This suggested to us that a smaller and hence more tractable book may be needed, a volume which can be kept on or near the bench to make examples of fundamental methods readily available in the laboratory. Such a collection could save numerous short trips to the library, a point particularly important where a library well equipped with the sources of the literature of peptide synthesis is not near at hand. Also, we thought that the envisaged book may be welcome by those who are more versed in English than in German. To the best of our knowledge no similar publication is available.
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(A continued interest in Peptide Chemistry prompted the re...)
A continued interest in Peptide Chemistry prompted the revision of the first edition of this book. This provided an opportunity to update several details. I am grateful to colleagues who were kind enough to inform me of errors, typographical and other, they had discovered in the first edi tion. These have now been corrected, as were certain shortcomings in language and style pointed out by my daughter, Dr. Eva Bodanszky. In 1991 the excellent The Chemical Synthesis of Peptides by John Jones (Oxford University Press, 1991) appeared. It covers, in part, the same field, but is different enough from Peptide Chemistry, to justify publication of a revised edition of the latter. Princeton, July 1993 M. Bodanszky Preface to the First Edition Nature applied peptides for a great variety of specific functions. The specificity provided by the individual character of each amino acid is further ehanced by the combination of several amino acids into larger molecules. Peptides therefore can act as chemical messengers, neuro transmitters, as highly specific stimulators and inhibitors, regulating var ious life-processes. Entire classes of biologically active compounds, such as the opioid peptides or the gastrointestinal hormones emerged within short periods of time and it is unlikely that the rapid succession of discoveries of important new peptides would come to a sudden halt. In fact, our knowledge of the field is probably still in an early stage of development. Peptides also gained importance in our everyday life.
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Bodanszky, Miklos was born on May 21, 1915 in Budapest, Hungary. Came to the United States, 1957, naturalized, 1964. Son of Lajos and Maria (Friedner) Bodanszky.
Diploma in chemical engring, Technology University Budapest, 1939. Doctor of Science, Technology University Budapest, 1949.
Senior lecturer, Technology U. Budapest, 1950-1956; research associate, Cornell Univercity Medical College, 1957-1959; senior research associate, Squibb Institute Medical Research, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1959-1966; professor of chemistry and biochemistry, Case Western Reserve U., Cleveland, 1966-1983; Charles Frederic Mabery professor research in chemistry, Case Western Reserve U., 1978-1983; professor emeritus, Case Western Reserve U., since 1983.
(Almost two centuries ago proteins were recognized as the ...)
(During the years 1980-81, as guests of the Deutsches Woll...)
(During the years 1980-81, as guests of the Deutsches Woll...)
(A continued interest in Peptide Chemistry prompted the re...)
(New edition of a text of methods in peptide synthesis, fo...)
(Analysis of peptides and determination of their primary s...)
Member American Chemical Society, American Society Biological Chemistry, Hungarian Academy of Sciences (foreign).
Married Agnes A. Vadasz, April 21, 1950. 1 child, Eva.