Eugene Goldwasser, Ph.D.

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1952-2002 Biochemistry University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 
Area:
Erythropoietin
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https://news.uchicago.edu/article/2010/12/22/eugene-goldwasser-biochemist-behind-blockbuster-anemia-drug-1922-2010
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1922-2010. Undergraduate study and Ph.D. in biochemistry at University of Chicago. Studied anthrax at Fort Detrick briefly and then returned to University of Chicago, where he spent his career. Best known for discovering erythropoietin in 1977 after 15 years of research. Retired in 2002.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/21/health/21goldwasser.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Goldwasser
http://www.jbc.org/content/190/1/75.long

Parents

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Frank W. Putnam grad student 1950 Chicago (Chemistry Tree)
 (Physico-chemical studies of bacteriophage.)
Herman M. Kalckar post-doc 1950-1952 Københavns Universitet (Chemistry Tree)

Children

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David Schlessinger research assistant Chicago
Robert LeRoy Heinrikson grad student 1963 Chicago (Chemistry Tree)
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Gupta M, Mungai PT, Goldwasser E. (2000) A new transacting factor that modulates hypoxia-induced expression of the erythropoietin gene. Blood. 96: 491-7
Mujais SK, Beru N, Pullman TN, et al. (1999) Erythropoietin is produced by tubular cells of the rat kidney. Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics. 30: 153-66
Chandel NS, Maltepe E, Goldwasser E, et al. (1998) Mitochondrial reactive oxygen species trigger hypoxia-induced transcription. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 95: 11715-20
Abraham NG, Levere RD, Lin JH, et al. (1991) Co-regulation of heme oxygenase and erythropoietin genes. Journal of Cellular Biochemistry. 47: 43-8
Hermine O, Beru N, Pech N, et al. (1991) An autocrine role for erythropoietin in mouse hematopoietic cell differentiation [published erratum appears in Blood 1992 Jun 15;79(12):3397] Blood. 78: 2253-2260
Beru N, Goldwasser E. (1989) Studies of the effect of erythropoietin on heme synthesis. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology. 271: 87-94
Dordal MS, Wang FF, Goldwasser E. (1985) The role of carbohydrate in erythropoietin action. Endocrinology. 116: 2293-9
Weiss TL, Kung CK, Goldwasser E. (1985) The frequency of bone marrow cells that bind erythropoietin. Journal of Cellular Biochemistry. 27: 57-65
Loken MR, Dessner-De Jose DS, Van Zant G, et al. (1983) Characterization of murine hemopoietic cells using rat anti-mouse monoclonal antibodies. Hybridoma. 2: 55-68
Wang FF, Goldwasser E. (1983) Purification of a human urinary colony-stimulating factor. Journal of Cellular Biochemistry. 21: 263-75
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