What is the story behind the name Avemar?
The Hungarian, Dr Albert Szent-Györgyi, served in World War 1 from 1914 to 1916 as a Hungarian medic, where he observed firsthand the horrors associated with the use of mustard gas. After the war, he developed a keen interest in finding a cure for cancer when he learned mustard gas derivatives [pre-cursors to chemotherapy] were being used as a form of treatment. His work in the field of cancer intensified after losing both his daughter and wife to the disease. Albert Szent-Györgyi, is probably best known for being awarded the 1937 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine for his work on the roles played by certain organic compounds [especially vitamin C] in the oxidation of nutrients by cells. He is also noted for describing the process of cellular metabolism, known as the Szent-Györgyi/Krebs cycle (or just the Krebs cycle). As early as 1941, he was discussing the role of unpaired electrons (which we now refer to as free radicals), and their possible link to cancer, as well as the import
