Sune Bergström

Karl Sune Detlof Bergström (10 January 1916 – 15 August 2004) was a Swedish biochemist. He was Dean of the Karolinska Institute Medical Department in Stockholm.A Century of Nobel Prize Recipients: Chemistry, Physics, and Medicine, ed. Francis Leroy (New York: Marcel Dekker, 2003), p. 329 In 1969 he became the Rector. Bergström was best known for his work with lipid compounds. For his work on prostaglandins and related substances, Bergström was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1982, along with co-recipients Bengt I. Samuelsson and John R. Vane.

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 Sune Bergstrom, Biochemist and Nobel Winner, Dies at 88, NY Times Obituary

Category:1916 births
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