Vernon Ingram
Vernon Ingram · Science & Medicine
Biochemist regarded as the father of molecular medicine for identifying the molecular defect in sickle-cell anemia.
1924, Breslau, Germany (now Wrocław, Poland) — 2006, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Germany · United Kingdom · United States
Vernon Ingram is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Biochemist regarded as the father of molecular medicine for identifying the molecular defect in sickle-cell anemia.
Vernon Ingram, born Werner Immerwahr, is regarded as a father of molecular medicine for showing in 1956–1957 that sickle-cell anemia results from a single amino-acid substitution in the hemoglobin molecule—the first demonstration that one such change can cause a disease. He later did notable work on Alzheimer's disease. His family was Jewish and left Nazi Germany for England when he was a teenager.
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Biochemist regarded as the father of molecular medicine for identifying the molecular defect in sickle-cell anemia.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology
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