Carl-Bertil Laurell (born 28 June 1919 in Uppsala, dead 18 September 2001 in Malmö)[1] was a Swedish medical doctor and researcher. Laurell was Professor of clinical chemistry at Lund University. He named the blood plasma protein transferrin, and discovered that an inherited lack of Alpha 1-antitrypsin could lead to emphysema.[2]

In 1976, he was made a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

Laurell received the Edwin F. Ullman Award from the American Association for Clinical Chemistry on May 4 in 2001.[3]

He was married to Anna-Britta Laurell, Professor of immunology at Lund university, from 1946 until her death in 2000. The couple had six children.[4] He died on 18 September 2001.

References

  1. ↑ Carlson, Joyce; Jeppsson, Jan-Olof (2001). "In Memoriam Carl-Bertil Laurell". Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine. 39 (11): 1019. doi:10.1515/cclm.2001.39.11.1019. S2CID 73311391.
  2. ↑ "Carl-Bertil Laurell". Nationalencyklopedin. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  3. ↑ "Carl-Bertil Laurell, PhD | AACC.org". www.aacc.org. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  4. ↑ "Laurell, Anna-Britta". Vem är hon. Norstedts förlag. 1988. p. 270. ISBN 91-1-863422-2. Retrieved 15 June 2022.


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