Carl-Bertil Laurell
Carl-Bertil Laurell (born 28 June 1919 in Uppsala, dead 18 September 2001 in Malmö) was a Swedish medical doctor and researcher. Laurell was Professor of clinical chemistry at Lund University. He named the blood plasma protein transferrin, and discovered that an inherited lack of Alpha 1-antitrypsin could lead to emphysema.[1]
In 1976, he was made a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
Laurell received the Edwin F. Ullman Award from the American Association for Clinical Chemistry in 2001.[2]
References[]
- ^ Carl-Bertil Laurell, biographical entry in Nationalencyclopedin (in Swedish)
- ^ "Carl-Bertil Laurell, PhD | AACC.org". www.aacc.org. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
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