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Gabriella Morreale

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Italian-Spanish scientist and chemist (1930-2017)

ItalyScientistsLived 1930 to 2017 · aged 87
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Gabriella Morreale de Escobar was an Italian-born Spanish chemist who specialised in the thyroid. She and her husband Francisco Escobar del Rey showed that thyroid hormones cross the placenta during pregnancy and are essential for fetal brain development.

Awards 1

2001honorary doctorate of the University of Alcala

Connected to Gabriella 3

Luis Miguel Enciso RecioAlso won honorary doctorate of the University of AlcalaAntonio Fernández AlbaAlso won honorary doctorate of the University of AlcalaGinés MorataAlso won honorary doctorate of the University of Alcala

Scientists from Italy 3

Mario A. Ferrero35.8Pierangelo Ghezzi35.6Giovanni Battista Traverso35.8

About this person

Gabriella Morreale de Escobar was an Italian-born Spanish chemist who specialised in the thyroid. She and her husband Francisco Escobar del Rey showed that thyroid hormones cross the placenta during pregnancy and are essential for fetal brain development. She established a national newborn screening program for congenital hypothyroidism in Spain and helped to introduce iodised salt to prevent thyroid problems caused by iodine deficiency.

Country
Italy
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1930 to 2017 · aged 87
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9 languages

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