Hayaishi, Osamu, 1920-2015
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Name (Hebrew)
האיאישי, אוסאמו, 1920-2015
Name (Latin)
Hayaishi, Osamu, 1920-2015
Other forms of name
Hayaishi, O. (Osamu), 1920-2015
Hayaishi, Osamu, 1920-
Date of birth
1920-01-08
Date of death
2015-12-17
Field of activity
Oxygenases
Prostaglandins
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- Asahi.com, Dec. 19, 2015(早石修 = Hayaishi Osamu; r; b. California; d. Dec. 17, 2015 at age 95; grad., Ōsakadai Igakubu, 1942; prof. emeritus, Kyōdai; formerly pres., Ōsaka Ika Daigaku; dir., Ōsaka Baiosaiensu Kenkyūjo, 1987- ; spec., oxygenase, prostaglandin)
- Author's Oxygenases, 1962.
- Inter. Symp. on Vitamin E (1986 : Kyoto, Japan). Clinical and nutritional aspects of vitamin E, 1987:CIP t.p. (O. Hayaishi)
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Osamu Hayaishi
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Wikipedia description:
Osamu Hayaishi MJA (早石 修, Hayaishi Osamu; January 8, 1920 – December 17, 2015), was a Japanese biochemist, physiologist, and military physician. He discovered Oxygenases at the National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases, National Institutes of Health in 1955. Citing his "outstanding and pioneering contributions to biomedical sciences and enzymology," the Wolf Foundation awarded Hayaishi the 1986 Wolf Prize in Medicine "for his discovery of the oxygenase enzymes and elucidation of their structure and biological importance". Hayaishi was President of International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from 1973 to 1976.
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