加拿大多伦多大学生物无机化学教授和多伦多儿童医院研究所高级研究员比·萨卡尔教授来筑讲学,五月十七日应贵州省微量元素研究会邀请,作了“微量元素与健康”的专题讲座,本会会员及有关科研人员、教学人员二百多人参加了听讲。会上,萨卡尔教授重点介绍了铜金属有关的疾病——威尔逊氏病和曼克氏病。前者是铜过量引起的中毒症,铜过多的积聚,侵害肝脏、中枢神经系、肾脏和角膜等器官;后者是缺铜引起的缺 Prof. Than Shaikar, a professor of bioinorganic chemistry at the University of Toronto in Canada and a senior researcher at the Children’s Hospital of Toronto, made lectures. On May 17, at the invitation of Guizhou Province Trace Elements Research Institute, he gave a lecture on “Trace Elements and Health” More than 200 members of our association, scientific researchers and teaching staff attended the lecture. At the meeting, Professor Sarcal focused on copper-metal-related diseases - Wilson’s disease and Mank’s disease. The former is caused by excessive copper poisoning, excessive accumulation of copper, damage the liver, central nervous system, kidney and cornea and other organs; the latter is caused by the lack of copper