Murray Jarvik

Murray Jarvik
Murray Jarvik
Born	Murray Elias Jarvik; June 1, 1923; New York City, U.S.
Died	May 8, 2008 (aged 84); Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Alma mater	University of California, San Francisco; University of California, Berkeley; University of California, Los Angeles; City College of New York;
Known for	Co-inventor of the nicotine patch
Spouse	Edward Chace Tolman

Murray Elias Jarvik (June 1, 1923 – May 8, 2008) was an American

University of California-Los Angeles, where he taught as a professor of psychiatry and pharmacology for many years.^[2]

Personal life

Murray Jarvik was born in

upholsterer.^[1]^[3] Jarvik suffered from lifelong heart problems, which began with a severe case of rheumatic fever when he was twelve years old.^[1] He later developed polio at the age of 28 and was diagnosed with lung cancer in 1992, which was cured.^[1] He was never a smoker.^[1]

Jarvik received his undergraduate bachelor's degree at the City College of New York before earning his master's degree in science at University of California, Los Angeles, his PhD from the University of California, Berkeley, and his MD from the University of California, San Francisco.^[1]

He was married to his wife,

Jarvik-7.^[4] His other nephew, Dr. Jonathan W. Jarvik, is Professor of Biological Sciences at Carnegie Mellon University^[5] and founder of SpectraGenetics.^[6]

Nicotine patch

Murray Jarvik began research into the

American South who harvest tobacco by hand for a living.^[2]

However, Jarvik and his colleague, then UCLA

postdoctoral fellow Jed Rose, could not get approval to conduct their research into tobacco absorption through the skin on human subjects.^[2] Instead, Jarvik and Rose began testing the effects of absorption of tobacco contents on themselves.^[2] The effects of the tobacco was immediately measurable. In an interview with UCLA Magazine, Jarvik remembered, "We put the tobacco on our skin and waited to see what would happen. Our heart rates increased, adrenaline began pumping, all the things that happen to smokers."^[2]

Jarvik and Rose's research led to their invention of the

quit smoking.^[2] (Rose now serves as the director of the Center for Nicotine and Smoking Cessation Research at Duke University.)^[2]

The nicotine patch became available by prescription for smoking cessation in the United States in 1992.^[2] The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved its sale as an over-the-counter treatment in 1996.^[2]

Death

Murray Jarvik died at his home in

congestive heart failure.^[1]

References

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New York Times

. Retrieved 2008-05-26.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l "Dr. Murray Jarvik, co-inventor of nicotine patch, dies at 84 in Santa Monica". International Herald Tribune. Associated Press. 2008-05-10. Retrieved 2008-05-26.
^ "Murray E. Jarvik's Obituary on Los Angeles Times". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
^ ^a ^b Maugh II, Thomas (2008-05-14). "Dr. Murray E. Jarvik, 84; UCLA pharmacologist invented nicotine patch". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2008-05-26.
^ University, Carnegie Mellon. "Jonathan W. Jarvik - Biological Sciences - Carnegie Mellon University". www.cmu.edu. Retrieved 2022-07-16.
^ "GPCR Internalization and Trafficking". Retrieved 2022-07-16.

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