Bengt I. Samuelsson

Swedish biochemist

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]

Bengt Samuelsson
Born
Bengt Ingemar Samuelsson

21 May 1934
Halmstad, Sweden
Died7 July 2024 (aged 90)
Mölle, Sweden
Alma materLund University
Known forprostaglandins
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsBiochemistry

Samuelsson died on 7 July 2024 in Mölle, Sweden from heart disease at the age of 90.[4][5]

References

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  1. "Professor Bengt Samuelsson ForMemRS". London: Royal Society. Archived from the original on 2015-11-08.
  2. 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
  3. Swedish Medical Association's Jubilee Award
  4. "Svenske Nobelpristagaren Bengt Samuelsson död". www.aftonbladet.se (in Swedish). 2024-07-07. Retrieved 2024-07-08.
  5. "The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1982". NobelPrize.org. Archived from the original on 2024-04-05. Retrieved 2024-07-08.