Abstract
The Prostaglandins, Sune Bergström and Bengt Samuelsson
Highlights
Sune Karl Bergstrom (1916 –2004) was born in Stockholm, Sweden
In 1940, Bergstrom received a Swedish-American Fellowship, which allowed him to study for 2 years at Columbia University and to conduct research at the Squibb Institute for Medical Research in New Jersey
Using Lyman Craig’s countercurrent extraction device, which was the subject of a previous Journal of Biological Chemistry (JBC) Classic (1), Bergstrom was able to purify the crude extract about 500 times
Summary
Sune Karl Bergstrom (1916 –2004) was born in Stockholm, Sweden. Upon completing high school he went to work at the Karolinska Institute as an assistant to Erik Jorpes where he did research on the biochemistry of fats and steroids. The Structures of Prostaglandin E1, F1␣, and F1 Upon completing high school he went to work at the Karolinska Institute as an assistant to Erik Jorpes where he did research on the biochemistry of fats and steroids. In 1940, Bergstrom received a Swedish-American Fellowship, which allowed him to study for 2 years at Columbia University and to conduct research at the Squibb Institute for Medical Research in New Jersey.
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