Bengt Ingemar Samuelsson (21 May 1934 – 7 July 2024) was a Swedish biochemist. He shared with Sune K. Bergström and John R. Vane the 1982 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for discoveries about prostaglandins and related substances.[2][3]
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| Born | Bengt Ingemar Samuelsson 21 May 1934 Halmstad, Sweden |
| Died | 7 July 2024 (aged 90) Mölle, Sweden |
| Alma mater | Lund University |
| Known for | prostaglandins |
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| Fields | Biochemistry |
He was elected a member of the Academia Europaea in 1988.[4]
Samuelsson died on 7 July 2024 in Mölle, Sweden from heart disease at the age of 90.[5][6]
References
change- ↑ "Professor Bengt Samuelsson ForMemRS". London: Royal Society. Archived from the original on 2015-11-08.
- ↑ Raju, T N (1999), "The Nobel chronicles. 1982: Sune Karl Bergström (b 1916); Bengt Ingemar Samuelsson (b 1934); John Robert Vane (b 1927)", Lancet, vol. 354, no. 9193 (published 27 November 1999), p. 1914, doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(05)76884-7, PMID 10584758, S2CID 54236400
- ↑ Swedish Medical Association's Jubilee Award
- ↑ "Bengt Samuelsson". Academia Europaea. Archived from the original on 28 March 2019.
- ↑ "Svenske Nobelpristagaren Bengt Samuelsson död". www.aftonbladet.se (in Swedish). 2024-07-07. Retrieved 2024-07-08.
- ↑ "The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1982". NobelPrize.org. Archived from the original on 2024-04-05. Retrieved 2024-07-08.
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