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Ernest Beutler

Who

Ernest Beutler · Science & Medicine

What

Hematologist and geneticist who advanced the treatment of inherited blood and metabolic diseases.

When

1928, Berlin, Germany — 2008, La Jolla, California, United States

Where

Germany · United States (Scripps Research, La Jolla)

Biography

Ernest Beutler is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Hematologist and geneticist who advanced the treatment of inherited blood and metabolic diseases.

How & why

Beutler was a hematologist and geneticist who advanced the treatment of inherited blood and metabolic diseases: he clarified G6PD deficiency, showed that women are genetic mosaics (early evidence for X-chromosome inactivation), and developed cladribine, a curative therapy for hairy-cell leukaemia. Born into a Jewish family in Berlin, he fled Nazi Germany with his family in 1935, settling in the United States, and led research at Scripps.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology

Contributions & Sources

Hematologist and geneticist who advanced the treatment of inherited blood and metabolic diseases.

1928

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology