Bengt I. Samuelsson

Bengt Samuelsson
Born
Bengt Ingemar Samuelsson

(1934-05-21)21 May 1934
Halmstad, Sweden
Died5 July 2024(2024-07-05) (aged 90)
Mölle, Sweden [2]
Alma materLund University
Known forProstaglandins
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsBiochemistry

Bengt Ingemar Samuelsson (21 May 1934 – 5 July 2024) was a Swedish biochemist. He shared with Sune K. Bergström and John R. Vane the 1982 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for discoveries concerning prostaglandins and related substances.[3][4]

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  3. ^ Raju, T N (1999), "The Nobel chronicles. 1982: Sune Karl Bergström (b 1916); Bengt Ingemar Samuelsson (b 1934); John Robert Vane (b 1927)", Lancet, vol. 354, no. 9193 (published 27 November 1999), p. 1914, doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(05)76884-7, PMID 10584758, S2CID 54236400
  4. ^ Swedish Medical Association's Jubilee Award