Jean Sterne
Jean Sterne · Science & Medicine
Physician who introduced metformin, the first-line drug for type 2 diabetes.
1909 — 1997
France · Morocco
Jean Sterne is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Physician who introduced metformin, the first-line drug for type 2 diabetes.
Jean Sterne was a French physician and clinical pharmacologist who introduced metformin into medicine, first reporting its use to treat diabetes in 1957 and proposing its brand name Glucophage; metformin is today the first-line drug for type 2 diabetes. He conducted the research at Aron Laboratories near Paris. He is listed among Jewish contributors to biology (Jinfo); standard biographies do not detail his religious background.
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Physician who introduced metformin, the first-line drug for type 2 diabetes.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology
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