Eliane Le Breton

Eliane Le Breton (1897–1977) was a French physiologist known for her studies of cellular nutrition and the development of cancer cells. She was the director of research at the University of Strasbourg and taught at its Faculty of Medicine, and also worked at the Faculté des Sciences in Paris and Rennes.[1]

Publications

• Variations biochimiques du rapport nucléo-plasmatique au cours du développement embryonnaire, 1923
• Signification physiologique de l'oxydation de l'alcool éthylique dans l'organisme, 1936
• Biochemistry and physiology of the cancer cell, published in The Cell. Biochemistry, Physiology, Morphology. Volume IV. Specialized Cells: Pt. 1, 1960[2]

References

1. Ogilvie, Marilyn; Harvey, Joy (2000). The biographical dictionary of women in science : pioneering lives from ancient times to the mid-20th century. New York: Routledge. ISBN 9780415920407.
2. Swanson, C. P. (Sep 1961). "Review: [Untitled]". The Quarterly Review of Biology. 36 (3). University of Chicago Press: 214–215. JSTOR 2814851 – via The University of Chicago Press Journals.