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Robert Francis Furchgott (born June 4, 1916 in Charleston , South Carolina , † May 19, 2009 in Seattle , Washington ) was an American biochemist and Nobel Prize winner.
After attending high school in Orangeburg , he first studied at the University of South Carolina , but after just one year he moved to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , where he worked in the field of physical chemistry with cellulose . He then did research on red blood cells for his doctoral thesis at Northwestern University . In 1940 Furchgott moved to Cornell University , where he spent nine years researching blood circulation in Ephraim Schorr's group . This was followed by positions as a professor at Washington University in St. Louis and the State University of New York .
Since 1978 he has been researching the so-called endothelium-derived relaxing factor (ERDF), which ultimately led to the discovery of the important role of nitrogen monoxide (NO) as a messenger substance in the cardiovascular system . For this work, Furchgott received a Gairdner Foundation International Award in 1991 , the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research in 1996 and the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1998 with Louis J. Ignarro , who recognized ERDF as a nitrogen compound in 1986, and Ferid Murad .
Furchgott's discovery that the gas NO can dilate the blood vessels provided the explanation for the therapeutic effect of nitroglycerin on angina pectoris and contributed to the development of the sexual enhancer Viagra .
He has been a member of the National Academy of Sciences since 1990 and of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences since 2000 .
literature
- Gisela Baumgart: Furchgott, Robert Francis. In: Werner E. Gerabek , Bernhard D. Haage, Gundolf Keil , Wolfgang Wegner (eds.): Enzyklopädie Medizingeschichte. De Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2005, ISBN 3-11-015714-4 , p. 443.
Web links
- Information from the Nobel Foundation on the 1998 award ceremony for Robert Francis Furchgott (English)
- "Robert Furchgott, Nobelist for Work on a Gas, Dies at 92" , NY Times, May 22, 2009 (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Solomon H. Snyder: Robert Furchgott (1916–2009). Nobel laureate who pioneered research into nitric oxide. Nature , Volume 460, 2009, p. 47
- ↑ BBC News of May 23, 2009: US "Viagra scientist" dies at 92.
- ↑ Book of Members 1780 – present, Chapter F. (PDF; 815 kB) In: American Academy of Arts and Sciences (amacad.org). Retrieved February 11, 2018 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fear god, Robert Francis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American scientist and Nobel Prize winner in medicine |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 4, 1916 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Charleston , South Carolina |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 19, 2009 |
| Place of death | Seattle , Washington |