Bernard Sachs
Bernard Sachs · Science & Medicine
Neurologist who co-described Tay-Sachs disease, a fatal inherited neurological disorder.
1858, Baltimore, Maryland, United States — 1944, New York City, United States
United States
Bernard Sachs is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Neurologist who co-described Tay-Sachs disease, a fatal inherited neurological disorder.
Sachs was a neurologist who provided the detailed clinical and pathological description of the fatal inherited disorder now known as Tay-Sachs disease, work that helped define a hereditary condition common among Ashkenazi Jews. He was Jewish, born to a German-Jewish immigrant family, and was a leading American neurologist of his era.
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Neurologist who co-described Tay-Sachs disease, a fatal inherited neurological disorder.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology
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