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Terence John Hamblin (12 March 1943 – 8 January 2012) was professor of Immunohaematology at the University of Southampton from 1987 until his death. Born in Worcester, England, Terry Hamblin's early years were spent in Aldershot in Hampshire; he was educated at Farnborough Grammar School (1954–1961)〔(Hamblin's memories of Farnborough Grammar School )〕 and the University of Bristol.〔 He was appointed as Consultant Haematologist in Bournemouth in 1974. He pursued a research career in haematology and immunology, successively becoming an expert in plasma exchange, stem cell transplantation, monoclonal antibody therapy, myelodysplastic syndrome and chronic lymphocytic leukaemia. He was awarded a Guernsey Fellowship for stem cell transplantation in 1986 and the Binet-Rai Medal for outstanding research in CLL in 2002.〔 He was a prolific author of books, chapters, original peer-reviewed articles, reviews, editorials, and web articles on scientific and medical topics. He was editor of the scientific journal ''Leukemia Research'' (1986-) and a columnist for the comic/medical political magazine ''World Medicine'' (1976–84).〔 His most important research discovery was that chronic lymphocytic leukaemia comes in two forms, depending on whether the immunoglobulin heavy chain variable region genes contain somatic mutations. If they do the survival of the patient averages 25 years; if they do not, the survival of the patient averages 8 years. Hamblin presented the BBC 2 episode 'Of Mice and Men' (1998) in its ''Counterblast'' series, in which he argued for the use of animals in medical research.〔('Of Mice and Men' (1998) on the BBC website )〕 He publicised the fact that, contrary to popular belief, spinach contains no more iron than lettuce, while pink succulent lobster contains none at all; like all invertebrates its respiratory pigment is based on copper rather than iron. He claimed in a 1981 ''BMJ'' paper that the belief in spinach having a high iron content was due to a decimal point error that was discovered in the 1930s;〔Hamblin, T.J.(1981) (Fake! ) ''British Medical Journal'' Vol. 283.19–26 December. pp.1671-1674〕 Mike Sutton published an article in 2010 questioning Hamblin's story.〔Sutton, M. (2010) (Spinach Iron and Popeye: Ironic lessons from biochemistry and history on the importance of healthy eating, healthy scepticism and adequate citation ). ''Internet Journal of Criminology''〕 In a later article, Sutton discovered that, contrary to popular belief, Hamblin was not the original source of the spinach, Popeye, decimal error myth.〔http://www.bestthinking.com/articles/science/chemistry/biochemistry/the-spinach-popeye-iron-decimal-error-myth-is-finally-busted〕 Hamblin died in 2012 of cancer.〔(Obituary for Professor Terry Hamblin - ''The Telegraph'' - 24 Jan 2012 )〕 ==References== 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「T. J. Hamblin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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