Alfred Goldberg
Alfred Goldberg · Science & Medicine
Biologist who discovered how cells degrade proteins, laying groundwork for proteasome-targeting drugs.
1942, Providence, Rhode Island, USA — 2023
United States
Alfred Goldberg is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Biologist who discovered how cells degrade proteins, laying groundwork for proteasome-targeting drugs.
Alfred L. Goldberg was a Harvard cell biologist and biochemist who discovered central mechanisms by which cells break down proteins, and he named the proteasome, the ATP-dependent machine that degrades damaged or unneeded proteins. His work laid the groundwork for proteasome-inhibiting drugs used against cancers such as multiple myeloma. He was born into a Jewish family in Providence, Rhode Island.
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Biologist who discovered how cells degrade proteins, laying groundwork for proteasome-targeting drugs.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology
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