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amin D derivates accumulate in
the digestive gland of land
snails.This gland contains cal-
cium cells that serve as the re-
serve for the body calcium and
are used, for example, in shell re-
generation. In the present study,
the researchers developed a pro-
cedure for the isolation and cul-
turing of specialized calcium cells
from this gland, and exposed
them to several vitamin D de-
rivatives. They found that one
such substance, 25(OH) D&sb3.,
is actively involved in calcium up-
take, while another derivative
yet to be identified, referred to as
metabolite E, is involved in cal-
cium deposition.
It is likely that early verte-
brates as well as molluscs were
dependent on 25(OH) D&sb3. for
terrestrial adaptation.Upon leav-
ing a marine environment, pre-
historic vertebrates lost not only
a ready calcium source but also
basic bodily support.
"While 25(OH) D&sb3. must
have been crucial for vertebrates
in the early stages," Professor
Edelstein says, "it probably did
not meet the requirements of
building a complex inner skele-
ton, and more sophisticated
forms of vitamin D, such as
1,25(OH) D&sb3., had to be de-
veloped for this purpose." 0
Professor Edelstein holds the Pro-
fessor T. Reichstein Chair.
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City Under Siege
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A mechanism that evidently
played a vital role in the trans-
formation of sea molluscs into
land animals many millions of
years ago has been uncovered in
a Weizmann Institute study pub-
lished in the September issue of
Calcified Tissue.
What molluscs, such as snails,
required for that transition was
a new source of calcium, the ma-
jor element of their protective
shells. While living in the sea,
where this substance is plentiful,
these animals could derive it
from their environment. On land,
however, it had to come entire-
ly from food, and the Weizmann
study has now found that vita-
min D derivatives are responsi-
ble for supplying the shells of
land snails with calcium drawn
from the animals' digestive
gland.The formation of the vita-
min D derivatives, therefore,
must have been a key step in al-
lowing land snails and related
molluscs to evolve into land crea-
tures.
The study was conducted by
Professor Samuel Edelstein, Dr.
Leonid Kriajev and Dr. Itzchak
Otremski of the Institute's De-
partment of Biochemistry.
In a previous study, Professor
Edelstein — along with Weiz-
mann Institute colleague Pro-
fessor Stephen Weiner —
demonstrated that various vit-
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At the request of the Bosnian
Government, four American
nurses spent the last week of Au-
gust in Bosnia under the banner
of the United Nations High Com-
mission on Refugees.
They met with the hospital ad-
ministrators, doctors, nurses and
other personnel while observing
procedure in operation rooms, pe-
diatric wards, and pharmacy
supply centers. They also exam-
ined medical equipment and
compiled lists of needed supplies.
"Conditions in Sarajevo are
much, much worse than what is
depicted in news coverage and it
remains a city under siege," said
Elsie Roth, a member of the
Hadassah Nurses Council who
initiated this humanitarian mis-
sion. "The two hospitals that we
visited, Kosevo and The State
Hospital of Sarajevo have both
been bombed and shelled, and
anti-aircraft weaponry are cur-
rently pointed directly at the hos-
pitals. Although the hospitals
have a generator, electricity is
very limited and there is running
water for two hours each day."
"The hospitals' equipment is
highly under-serviced; there are
no parts or technicians to repair
or maintain these machines,"
said Ms. Roth. "Of course, all
types of pharmaceutical and ba-
sic supplies such as IV solution
and soy formula for newborns are
badly needed."
The nurses developed a plan,
in conjunction with Hadassah's
National Center for Nurses
Councils, to deliver medical sup-
plies into the country. Ms. Roth
explained.
"Supplies must get into Sara-
jevo or these people will not sur-
vive," she said.
The major needs of the com-
munity of Sarajevo include: phar-
maceuticals, new boots,
uniforms, scrubs and lab jackets,
IV and dialysis solutions, soy for-
mula and cereal for babies, and
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