Author: Judah Folkman
Alternate names: Dr. Judah Folkman; Folkman, Judah; Dr. Folkman; Moses Judah Folkman; Folkman, Moses Judah; Dr. Moses Judah Folkman
Born: 24 February 1933
Died: 14 January 2008
Bio: Dr. Judah Folkman, “father of angiogenesis”, (1933-2008) was the Director of the Vascular Biology Program, Andrus Professor of Pediatric Surgery, and Professor of Cell Biology at Harvard University's Boston Children's Hospital. In the 1971 issue of The New England Journal of Medicine, he proposed the theory that tumor growth is angiogenesis dependent. This premise was the basis of this field of research and has become the focus of scientists worldwide. Because of Folkman's discovery and research, the possibilities of antiangiogenic and angiogenic therapy have broadened beyond cancer to many noncancerous diseases.