Reinhold Benesch
Reinhold Benesch · Science & Medicine
Biochemist who showed how 2,3-bisphosphoglycerate regulates hemoglobin's oxygen binding
1919, Poland — 1986, United States
Poland · United Kingdom · United States
Reinhold Benesch is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Biochemist who showed how 2,3-bisphosphoglycerate regulates hemoglobin's oxygen binding
Reinhold Benesch was a biochemist at Columbia University who, with his wife and lifelong collaborator Ruth Benesch, discovered in 1967 that 2,3-bisphosphoglycerate regulates hemoglobin's release of oxygen — a fundamental insight into how blood delivers oxygen to tissues. Born in Poland, he emigrated to England and graduated from Leeds University in 1941. His religious background is not explicitly documented in standard biographies, though he is listed among Jewish contributors to biomedical science and his wife's family fled Nazi persecution.
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Biochemist who showed how 2,3-bisphosphoglycerate regulates hemoglobin's oxygen binding
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