Bergström, Sune Karl (s
`nə, bĕr`yəström), 1916–2004, Swedish biochemist, grad. Karolinska Institute (Ph.D., M.D., 1944). With his former pupil B. I. Samuelsson and John R. Vane Vane, Sir John Robert, 1927–2004, British pharmacologist, Ph.D. Oxford, 1953. With B. I. Samuelsson and Sune K. Bergström , Vane was awarded the 1982 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
..... Click the link for more information. , he was awarded the 1982 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. The trio won the prize for their identification and description of prostaglandins prostaglandin (prŏs'təglăn`dən)
..... Click the link for more information. , which affect such functions as blood pressure and body temperature. Bergström was associated with the Karolinska Institute for much of his career, serving as president from 1969 to 1977. He also taught at the Univ. of Lund, Sweden (1947–58), was chairman of the Nobel Foundation's board (1975–87), and chaired the World Health Organization's advisory committee on medical research (1977–82).
`nə, bĕr`yəström), 1916–2004, Swedish biochemist, grad. Karolinska Institute (Ph.D., M.D., 1944). With his former pupil B. I. Samuelsson and John R. Vane Vane, Sir John Robert, 1927–2004, British pharmacologist, Ph.D. Oxford, 1953. With B. I. Samuelsson and Sune K. Bergström , Vane was awarded the 1982 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine...... Click the link for more information. , he was awarded the 1982 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. The trio won the prize for their identification and description of prostaglandins prostaglandin (prŏs'təglăn`dən)
..... Click the link for more information. , which affect such functions as blood pressure and body temperature. Bergström was associated with the Karolinska Institute for much of his career, serving as president from 1969 to 1977. He also taught at the Univ. of Lund, Sweden (1947–58), was chairman of the Nobel Foundation's board (1975–87), and chaired the World Health Organization's advisory committee on medical research (1977–82).
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