Leena Peltonen-Palotie

Leena Peltonen-Palotie
Born(1952-06-16)16 June 1952
Helsinki, Finland
Died11 March 2010(2010-03-11) (aged 57)[2][3]
Helsinki, Finland
CitizenshipFinland
Alma materUniversity of Oulu
Scientific career
FieldsMolecular geneticist
InstitutionsUniversity of Oulu,
National Public Health Institute of Finland,
UCLA Department of Human Genetics,
Academy of Finland,
Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute,[1]
Orion Corporation

Leena Peltonen-Palotie (16 June 1952 – 11 March 2010[4]) was a Finnish geneticist who contributed to the identification of 15 genes for Finnish heritage diseases, including arterial hypertension, schizophrenia, lactose intolerance, arthrosis and multiple sclerosis. She was considered one of the world's leading molecular geneticists.[4][5]

  1. ^ "Professor Leena Peltonen at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute". Archived from the original on 23 December 2012.
  2. ^ van Ommen, Gertjan (2010). "Obituary: Leena Peltonen-Palotie (1952–2010) A visionary in medical genetics". Nature. 464 (7291): 992. doi:10.1038/464992a. PMID 20393553.
  3. ^ Pincock, S. (2010). "Leena Peltonen-Palotie". The Lancet. 375 (9726): 1604–1608. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(10)60693-9. S2CID 54430674.
  4. ^ a b "Obituary: Professor Leena Peltonen-Palotie, Academician of Science". Helsinki: Academy of Finland. 11 March 2010. Archived from the original on 16 March 2010. Retrieved 11 March 2010.
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