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Robert Tigerstedt

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Finnish physician (1853-1923)

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Robert Adolph Armand Tigerstedt was a Finnish medical scientist and physiologist. With his student Per Bergman, he discovered renin at the Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, in 1898.

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1912Cothenius Medal
doctor honoris causa of the University of Helsinki
honorary doctor of the University of Tartu
Honorary doctor of the University of Groningen
honorary doctorate of the University of Oslo

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Robert Adolph Armand Tigerstedt was a Finnish medical scientist and physiologist. With his student Per Bergman, he discovered renin at the Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, in 1898. Renin is a component of the renin-angiotensin system which regulates blood pressure, salt and water homeostasis and is an important therapeutic target. Tigerstedt is also recognised as an educator, author and social campaigner.

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Lived 1853 to 1923 · aged 69
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