Fred Kummerow Biochemist
Kummerow figured out that trans fats caused heart disease, but it took him 58 years to get it banned from food.
From This is True for 4 June 2017
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Misc basic researchers not under invention/medical/computing/etc.
William Baumol Cost disease economist
Dr. Baumol had a serious malady named after him: Baumol’s cost disease.
From This is True for 14 May 2017
Julius Youngner Vaccine pioneer
Youngner was the last surviving member of Salk’s polio vaccine team.
From This is True for 30 April 2017
Thomas Starzl Transplant researcher
Starzl’s work had been cited by other researchers more than any other researcher in the world.
From This is True for 5 March 2017
Mildred Dresselhaus “Queen of Carbon”
“Her life and her science were intertwined.”
From This is True for 26 February 2017
Peter Mansfield NMR physicist
“Few people can look back on a career and conclude that they have changed the world.”
From This is True for 12 February 2017
Ahmed Zewail Femtochemist
Zewail was the first Arab to win a Nobel Prize in any scientific field, and lamented the quality of education in the Middle East.
From This is True for 7 August 2016
Walter Kohn Chemist and physicist
He was put into an internment camp with other “enemy aliens.”
From This is True for 24 April 2016
Harry Tabor Solar-powered physicist
“When we first got here, people thought he was crazy. Yet he created awareness which now everybody takes for granted.”
From This is True for 20 December 2015
Howard Green Burn treatment pioneer
His test-tube skin would be the only chance the boys would have.
From This is True for 8 November 2015