Karl Meyer
Karl Meyer · Science & Medicine
Biochemist who discovered hyaluronidase and studied connective-tissue chemistry
1899, Kerpen, Germany — 1990, Cresskill, New Jersey, United States
Germany · United States (Columbia University, New York)
Karl Meyer is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Biochemist who discovered hyaluronidase and studied connective-tissue chemistry
Meyer, trained in medicine and chemistry in Germany, founded the modern chemistry of connective tissue: he isolated and characterised hyaluronic acid (hyaluronan) and discovered the enzyme hyaluronidase, and is regarded as the father of glycosaminoglycan chemistry. A German Jew, he emigrated to the United States around 1930 as the Nazi threat rose, working at Berkeley and then for decades at Columbia University. His work underpins fields from ophthalmology to cosmetics and joint therapy.
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Biochemist who discovered hyaluronidase and studied connective-tissue chemistry
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