Endre Balazs
Endre Alexander Balazs (born January 10, 1920 in Budapest , Hungary , † August 29, 2015 in Saint-Tropez , France ) was an American biochemist from Hungary .
Life
Balazs studied medicine and biology at the University of Budapest with his doctorate in 1943 and was then assistant professor there. In 1947 he went to Sweden to the Karolinska Institute (experimental histology). In 1951 he became an instructor at Harvard Medical School and was at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and the Retina Foundation , whose director he was 1962/63. From 1969 he headed the Connective Tissue Research Labs of the Boston Biomedical Research Institute . In 1976 he became a professor at Columbia University's Faculty of Medicine (Department of Ophthalmology). In 1968 he founded Biotrics Inc., and in 1981 with Janet Denlinger Biomatrix Inc. , of which he was Director, CEO and CTO. He sold his shares in the 2000s and set up a foundation (Matrix Charitable Institute) for hyaluronan research.
He was considered the international authority for the medical use of hyaluronic acid (hyaluronan), the main component of synovial fluid. Hyaluronic acid is used, for example, in osteoarthritis and in ophthalmology.
In 1967 he received an honorary doctorate from Uppsala University and in 2005 from Purdue University. In 1968/69 he was a Guggenheim Fellow .
In 1962 he founded the journal Experimental Eye Research with Hugh Davison and was its editor for 29 years. In 1974 the International Society for Eye Research was founded on his initiative, of which he was later president. He also founded the International Society for Hyaluronan Sciences in 2004 .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Sam Roberts: Endre A. Balazs, Doctor Who Found Acid to Treat Arthritic Knees, Dies at 95. In: The New York Times , September 3, 2015 (English). Retrieved September 4, 2015.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Balazs, Endre |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Balazs, Endre Alexander (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hungarian-American biochemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 10, 1920 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Budapest , Hungary |
| DATE OF DEATH | 29th August 2015 |
| Place of death | Saint Tropez , France |