H. Hugh Fudenberg

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Herman Hugh Fudenberg
Born(1928-10-24)October 24, 1928
MMR vaccine controversy
ChildrenDrew Fudenberg
Scientific career
FieldsImmunology
InstitutionsRockefeller University, University of California, San Francisco
ThesisThe "erythrocyte-coating substance" of "auto-immune" hemolytic disease. (1957)

Herman Hugh Fudenberg (October 24, 1928 – March 15, 2014) was an American clinical

immunologist
and the sole identified member of the Neuro Immuno Therapeutics Research Foundation (NITRF).

Fudenberg was a proponent of the

controlled substances
.

Education

He received his A.B. from

UCLA in 1949 and his MD from the University of Chicago in 1953.[1] Fudenberg received his M.A. in immunochemistry from Boston University in 1957.[2]

Career

The areas of his research, conducted primarily in the 1960s and 1970s, included research into

immunoglobulin and receptors for this molecule in human monocytes,[3] as well as the ability of red blood cells to, in vitro, form "rosette" formations around peripheral blood lymphocytes.[4]

Fudenberg was hired by the Special Projects Unit of the Council for Tobacco Research in 1972, to study whether some people are genetically predisposed to emphysema. He initially found that up to 10% might be, and was planning on warning such people not to smoke tobacco, but his funding was cut off without explanation before he could do so. "They may have cut me off because it would have been negative for them," Fudenberg suggested.[5]

He trained from 1954 to 1956 under

Rosette test as well.[7] Additionally, Fudenberg sat on the World Health Organization's expert committee on immunology for 20 years.[8] In 1974, he relocated to South Carolina, specifically the Medical University of South Carolina
, where he remained as a professor until 1989.

MMR vaccine and autism

Further information: MMR vaccine and autism

In the 1980s Fudenberg began claiming that the MMR vaccine causes autism. The scientific consensus says that no evidence links the vaccine to the development of autism and that the vaccine's benefits greatly outweigh its risks.[9] Fudenberg published his research in the fringe journal Biotherapy (now discontinued) in 1996, concluding that "Fifteen of the [True Autism] patients developed symptoms within a week after immunization with the [MMR] vaccine";[10] further asserting that "Fudenberg healed children, with a quarter 'fully normalised'."[11] This paper was cited by Andrew Wakefield's fraudulent 1998 Lancet paper.[12] The proposal of a vaccine-autism link has been called "the most damaging medical hoax of the last 100 years".[9]

Fudenberg claimed in a 2004 interview with Brian Deer that he was able to cure autistic children using his own bone marrow.[13] Fudenberg was a co-inventor of the autism "treatments" Wakefield obtained a patent for in 1997,[14] and Wakefield stated the same year in a letter to the bursary of Royal Free Hospital's School of Medicine that he was waiting on a business plan from NITRF.[15]

Flu vaccine claims

In a 2005 episode of

Arlington, Virginia in 1997.[18] The origin of the claim is unknown, as there is no study published in a peer-reviewed journal making such a claim. Furthermore, one study found that past exposure to influenza vaccines is associated with lower risk for Alzheimer's disease.[19]

License revocation

In 1995 Fudenberg's medical license was revoked. The

lasix, and potassium from a member of his office staff and others, and that he has unlawfully obtained these controlled substances for his own use, and has, in fact, used these medications.[20]

In an interview with The Post and Courier, Fudenberg contended that "alcohol and opiate charges are completely false" and tried to attribute many of the problems to a former staff member at NITRF.[21]

Death

On March 15, 2014, Fudenberg died at the age of 85. He was survived by his four sons, including economist Drew Fudenberg.[22]

References

  1. ^ CV Archived 2015-02-21 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ The "erythrocyte-coating substance" of "auto-immune" hemolytic disease. Archived 2015-02-21 at the Wayback Machine
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  4. PMID 4540711
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  5. Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original
    (PDF) on 18 March 2014. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
  6. ^ "Curriculum Vitae". NeuroImmunoTherapeutics Research Foundation. Archived from the original on 5 April 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
  7. ^ "Career Highlights H. Hugh Fudenberg MD". NeuroImmunoTherapeutics Research Foundation. Archived from the original on 5 April 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
  8. ^ "Dispatches MMR documentary yields mail to this website - both for and against". Briandeer.com. 18 November 2004. Archived from the original on 25 April 2013. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
  9. ^
    S2CID 39479569
    .
  10. ^ Fudenberg, H.H. Dialysable lymphocyte extract (DLyE) in infantile onset autism: a pilot study. Biotherapy. 9, 143-147, 1996.
  11. S2CID 25787311
    .
  12. S2CID 439791
    .
  13. ^ "Royal Free autism pill partner, Herman Hugh Fudenberg, wasn't fit to prescribe". Briandeer.com. Archived from the original on 5 January 2014. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
  14. ^ Deer, Brian. "Wakefield filed for a patent on vaccine products before unleashing MMR crisis". Briandeer.com. Archived from the original on 25 September 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
  15. ^ Deer, Brian. "Medical school talks with German drug firm before launching MMR vaccine scare". Briandeer.com. Archived from the original on 25 September 2013. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
  16. ^ "CNN Larry King Live Transcript". CNN. 15 December 2005. Archived from the original on 10 May 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
  17. ^ Gorski, David (7 September 2009). "'Oh, come on, Superman!': Bill Maher versus 'Western medicine'". Science-based Medicine. Archived from the original on 6 January 2014. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
  18. ^ Schierling, Russ (20 September 2011). "According to the Media, it's Flu Season Again. Alzheimer's Anyone?". Archived from the original on 24 July 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
  19. PMID 11762573
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  20. ^ a b Barrett, Stephen (20 April 2005). "Disciplinary Actions against Herman Hugh Fudenberg, M.D." Casewatch. Archived from the original on 31 July 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
  21. ^ Langley, Lynne (21 June 1996). "Ex-MUSC immunologist cleared to practice". The Post and Courier. pp. 2B. Retrieved 6 September 2013.[permanent dead link]
  22. ^ Foster, Liz (25 March 2014). "Dr. H. Hugh Fudenberg, former professor of immunology with MUSC, dies at 85". Post and Courier. Archived from the original on 2 May 2014. Retrieved 1 May 2014.

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