John Vane, 77; Pharmacologist Shared 1982 Nobel in Medicine for Research on Prostaglandins
LA Times
John Vane, the British pharmacologist who in 1982 shared a Nobel Prize in medicine for his work on prostaglandins, hormone-like substances that affect a wide range of body mechanisms, has died. He was 77. Vane, who shared the prize with Swedish scientists Sune Bergstroem and Bengt I. Samuelsson, died Friday in Farnborough, England, of complications from injuries he sustained in a fall earlier this year, the University of London said in an announcement.
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