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Tagged With: In Search of

Photography & Cancer Research

Posted on December 29, 2011 by Michael Straus

  Alfred Benjamin In the 1970s, Alfred Benjamin – former Director of Medical Photography at the Los Angeles Orthopedic Hospital (and my cousin) – developed a groundbreaking cancer-detection method. By applying a small amount of electricity to a drop of blood which sits upon a surface of liquid crystals developed for NASA’s space program, Alfred photographed the … Continue reading »

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Star Trek, Cousin Alfred & Cancer Research

Posted on December 26, 2011 by Michael Straus

I’m exploring my 95-year-old cousin Alfred’s breakthrough cancer detection research from the 1970s, in which he applied electricity to a drop of blood sitting upon NASA-created liquid crystals, and took remarkable photographs of the resulting color patterns. Here’s Alfred in a 1982 “In Search of” TV episode, hosted by Leonard “Spock” Nemoy: In nearly all test cases, … Continue reading »

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