Étienne-Émile Baulieu
Étienne-Émile Baulieu (born December 12, 1926 in Strasbourg ) is a French endocrinologist and inventor .
Life
Étienne-Émile Baulieu was born the son of the French lawyer Léon Blum . After the Second World War, Baulieu studied medicine at the University of Paris and obtained his doctorate in 1955. He then studied further in the field of steroid hormones with Max Fernand Jayle (1913–1978) at the Lycée Pasteur . Baulieu was involved in the development of the RU 486 abortion pill in France in collaboration with the French company Roussel-Uclaf and the Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (INSERM). He is also known for developing the steroid hormone dehydroepiandrosterone and researching neurosteroids. Since 1970 he has been a professor of biochemistry at the Medical Faculty of the University of Bicêtro, part of the University of Paris. Since 2004 he has been a member of the Comité Consultatif National d'Ethique . In 2008 he founded the Institut Baulieau to research life expectancy and the aging process.
Prizes and awards (selection)
- 1967: Ordre national du Mérite
- since 1982 member of the Académie des sciences
- 1989: Lasker ~ DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
- 1989: Member of the Academia Europaea
- since 1990: Member of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States
- since 2002: Académie nationale de Médecine
Web links
- Literature by and about Étienne-Émile Baulieu in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
- Steven Greenhouse: A new pill, a fierce battle ; New York Times, February 12, 1989
Individual evidence
- ^ Institut Baulieu
- ^ List of members: Etienne Baulieu. Academia Europaea, accessed on August 29, 2017 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Baulieu, Étienne-Émile |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French endocrinologist and inventor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 12, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Strasbourg |