David Rittenberg
David Rittenberg · Science & Medicine
Biochemist who pioneered the use of isotopic tracers to study metabolism
1906, New York City, USA — 1970, New York City, USA
United States
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David Rittenberg was an American biochemist at Columbia University who, working with Rudolf Schoenheimer, pioneered the use of stable isotopes as tracers to follow metabolic pathways in living organisms. This established the dynamic view of body constituents in constant turnover, transforming biochemistry. He was Jewish.
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Biochemist who pioneered the use of isotopic tracers to study metabolism
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