Frederick Bernheim
Frederick Bernheim · Science & Medicine
Pharmacologist and biochemist
1905, New Jersey, United States — 1992, United States
United States
Frederick Bernheim is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Pharmacologist and biochemist
Bernheim was an American pharmacologist and biochemist, a founding faculty member of the Duke University School of Medicine and its James B. Duke Professor of Pharmacology. He published more than 120 papers on biological oxidation and drug action; his studies of the metabolism of the tuberculosis bacillus helped open the path to effective anti-tubercular drugs and earned him a Nobel nomination. He is documented in surveys of Jewish contributors to biomedical science.
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Pharmacologist and biochemist
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biomedical Science
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