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Edward C. Franklin (April 14, 1928 – February 20, 1982) was a pioneering American immunologist and physician.〔(New York Times:DR. EDWARD C. FRANKLIN DIES; HUMAN-IMMUNOLOGY PIONEER,by WALTER H. WAGGONER, February 25, 1982 )〕〔(National Academies Press, Biographical Memoirs, V.78, EDWARD C. FRANKLIN, BY HENRY METZGER )〕 He made major gains in the studies of the aging process with a discovery of a protein known as amyloid,〔〔 and played a key role in the fight against arthritis.〔〔〔(New York Times:GAIN IS REPORTED IN ARTHRITIS FIGHT; Experiments Have Isolated Rheumatoid Factor;By BESS FURMAN,December 07, 1957, )〕 Franklin was a professor of medicine at the New York University School of Medicine,〔 a member of the National Academy of Sciences,〔 president of the American Society for Clinical Investigation,〔 and director of Irvington House Institute.〔 The New York Times called Franklin "an international authority on the human immune system".〔 He discovered heavy chain disease, one type of which is named after him (Franklin's disease).〔〔 The Edward C. Franklin Award, which is given for achievements in immunology, has been established in his name.〔(The 1983 Edward C. Franklin Award for distinguished achievements in basic and clinical immunology,Angelo O. Carbonara )〕〔http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/art.1780250826/pdf〕 == Life and career == Franklin was born in Berlin, Germany in 1928 and immigrated to the USA in 1939 as an escapee from Nazism. He received his undergraduate degree from Harvard University in 1946 and his medical degree from the N.Y.U. School of Medicine in 1950.〔 * 1955 research associate at the Rockefeller Institute * 1958 assistant professor of medicine at N.Y.U. * 1968 full professor of medicine at N.Y.U * 1974 elected president of the American Society for Clinical Investigation * 1979 elected to the National Academy of Sciences * 1982 dies of a brain tumor, 54 years old 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Edward C. Franklin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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