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Dr. Joseph Fried (July 21, 1914 – August 17, 2001) was an organic chemist, member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.〔(''The New York Times'': Josef Fried, 87, Organic Chemist Noted for Tailored Compounds )〕 He held 200 patents on chemical compounds, with 43 listing him as the sole holder.〔 He was a professor of chemistry and biochemistry at the University of Chicago.〔(''The New York Times'':Fried in Chicago Cancer Post )〕 Fried discovered fluorohydrocortisone, a chemical used to treat adrenal disorders.〔 He was also director of the organic chemistry at the Squibb Institute.〔 His discoveries were instrumental to the creation of medications to treat inflammatory disorders including as arthritis, psoriasis, and various skin allergies.〔 National Academies Press called him "an outstanding organic chemist who made very special contributions to the field of medicine".〔(National Academies Press:JOSEF FRIED BY NELSON J.LEONARD AND ELKAN BLOUT )〕 Professor Elias James Corey (Nobel laureate, 1990) had this to say of Fried: “He was an outstanding, highly creative scientist who straddled both the worlds of pharmaceutical research and academic science. He was one of my heroes, and I’ve always thought of him as a model scientist of great character and great human warmth."〔 == Awards and Distinctions == Fried became a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1971.〔 He became a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1981.〔 He received the Medicinal Chemistry Award in 1974 from the American Chemical Society.〔 He also received the Alfred Burger Award in Medicinal Chemistry in 1996.〔 He also received the Gregory Pincus Medal from the Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology and the Roussel Prize from the Roussel Scientific Institute in Paris in 1994.〔 Bristol-Myers Squibb and the University of Chicago launched in 1990 the first of a series of annual Josef Fried Symposia of Bioorganic Chemistry.〔 Fried is a member of the Medicinal Chemistry Hall of Fame.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.acsmedchem.org/hofmain.html )〕 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「Josef Fried」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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