Henri G. Hers
Henri-Géry Hers(23 July 1923 – 14 December 2008) was aBelgianphysiologist and biochemist, and a professor at theUniversite Catholique de Louvain.He was notable for his work on carbohydrate metabolism and genetic disorders associated with it. An example is Hers' disease -Glycogen storage disease type VI- caused by deficiency of hepaticphosphorylaseassociated with an enlarged liver and mild hypoglycaemia.[1]In 1966, he was awarded theFrancqui Prizeon Biological and Medical Sciences, and in 1975 was awarded theGairdner Foundation International Awardof theGairdner Foundation.
References[edit]
- ^Lederer B, Van Hoof F, Van den Berghe G, Hers H., Glycogen phosphorylase and its converter enzymes in haemolysates of normal human subjects and of patients with type VI glycogen-storage disease. A study of phosphorylase kinase deficiency, Biochem J. 1975 Apr;147(1):23–35
External links[edit]
- Henri G. HersArchived3 March 2016 at theWayback Machine(picture)
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