 WINNERS ANNOUNCED FOR 1426H - 2006G
KING FAISAL INTERNATIONAL PRIZE for medicine Riyadh, 25 Dhu Al-Qa'dah - 27 December 2005, HRH Prince Khalid Al-Faisal, Director of King Faisal Foundation, tonight announced the winners of the King Faisal International Prize. The Prize for Medicine (Topic: Biology of Vascular Inflammation) is awarded to:  | Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, and
Chairman of the Department of Pathology at Brigham and Women's Hospital |
Professor Gimbrone, Jr., has more than 250 publications in renowned international journals over the past 4 decades. He has made fundamental contributions to the field of vascular biology. He has pioneered the culturing of human endothelial and smooth muscle cells, and discovered endothelial leucocyte adhesion molecules. He identified three genes with potential arthroprotective activities. He developed a novel in vitro flow model to simulate pulsatile shear stress waveforms encountered by the endothelium in the arterial circulation which reveals the unique responsiveness of endothehal cells. King Faisal Foundation Public Relations Department Tel. +(966 1) 465 2255 Fax +(966 1) 465 6524 eMail: Info@kff.com Website: http://www.kff.com
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