Bernhard Zondek
Bernhard Zondek · Science & Medicine
Gynecologist who co-developed the Aschheim-Zondek pregnancy test.
1891, Wronki, German Empire (now Poland) — 1966, New York City, USA
Germany · Israel · United States
Bernhard Zondek is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Gynecologist who co-developed the Aschheim-Zondek pregnancy test.
Bernhard Zondek was a gynecologist and endocrinologist who, with Selmar Aschheim, developed the first reliable biological pregnancy test (the Aschheim–Zondek test) by detecting a hormone in the urine of pregnant women. Forced from Germany by the Nazis, he continued his career at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and later in the United States. He was Jewish.
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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology
Gynecologist who co-developed the Aschheim-Zondek pregnancy test.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology
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