Harvey Itano
American biochemist (1920-2010) · United States · On the map · Scientists · Died at 89
Harvey Akio Itano was an American biochemist best known for his work on the molecular basis of sickle cell anemia and other diseases.
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In collaboration with Linus Pauling, Itano used electrophoresis to demonstrate the difference between normal hemoglobin and sickle cell hemoglobin; their 1949 paper "Sickle Cell Anemia, a Molecular Disease" was a landmark in both molecular medicine and protein electrophoresis, though the use of electrophoresis to separate hemoglobin variants had been pioneered by Maud Menten and collaborators some years earlier.
