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John Vane

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English pharmacologist (1927-2004)

United KingdomAcademicsLived 1927 to 2004 · aged 77
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Sir John Robert Vane was a British pharmacologist who was instrumental in the understanding of how aspirin produces pain-relief and anti-inflammatory effects and his work led to new treatments for heart and blood vessel disease and introduction of ACE inhibitors.

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2000Golden Plate Award
1995honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons
1993Croonian Medal and Lecture
1989Royal Medal
1984Knight Bachelor
1982Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
1980Feldberg Foundation Prize
1978honorary doctor of Paris Descartes University
1977Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research
1977Baly Medal
1974Fellow of the Royal Society
honorary doctor of the University of Vienna
honorary doctor of the University of Aberdeen

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Sir John Robert Vane was a British pharmacologist who was instrumental in the understanding of how aspirin produces pain-relief and anti-inflammatory effects and his work led to new treatments for heart and blood vessel disease and introduction of ACE inhibitors. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1982 along with Sune Bergström and Bengt Samuelsson for "their discoveries concerning prostaglandins and related biologically active substances".

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United Kingdom
Category
Academics
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Academic
Status
deceased
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Lived 1927 to 2004 · aged 77
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30 languages

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