Beekman's Translation Leads to Breakthroughs
Date:
02/28/2007
Dateline:
2/28/07 A research team at the Mayo Clinic recently announced they'd isolated medical compounds from a tropical tree -- which could lead to the development of new antibiotics. The scientists were using a 17th century book, newly translated by E.M. "Monty" Beekman of Northampton. As WFCR's Francesca Rheannon reports, the UMass Amherst professor-emeritus of Germanic languages and literature has rescued a 350 year old work from obscurity.
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