Bengt I. Samuelsson
Bengt Samuelsson | |
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Born | Bengt Ingemar Samuelsson 21 May 1934 |
Nationality | Swedish |
Alma mater | Stockholm University |
Known for | prostaglandins |
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Scientific career | |
Fields | Biochemistry |
Bengt Ingemar Samuelsson (born 21 May 1934) is a Swedish
Education and early life
Samuelsson was born in Halmstad in southwest Sweden and studied at Stockholm University, where he became a professor in 1967.
Research and career
Discussing the role of prostaglandins in the body, Samuelsson explained, "It's a control system for the cells that participates in many biological functions. There are endless possibilities of manipulating this system in drug development."[citation needed]
His research interests were originally in cholesterol metabolism with importance to reaction mechanisms. Following the structural work on prostaglandins along with Sune Bergström he was interested mainly in the transformation products of arachidonic acid. This has led to the identification of
This field has grown enormously since those days. Between 1981 and 1995 about three thousand papers per year were published that specifically used the expression "prostaglandins," or related terms such as "prostacyclins," "leukotrienes," and "thromboxanes," in their labels and titles.
Bengt Samuelsson has served as a director on the boards of
Awards and honors
In 1975, he was awarded the
References
- ^ a b "Professor Bengt Samuelsson ForMemRS". London: Royal Society. Archived from the original on 2015-11-08.
- S2CID 54236400
- ^ Swedish Medical Association's Jubilee Award
External links
- Bengt I. Samuelsson on Nobelprize.org including the Nobel Lecture From Studies of Biochemical Mechanisms to Novel Biological Mediators: Prostaglandin Endoperoxides, Thromboxanes and Leukotrienes