Oleh Hornykiewicz

Oleh Hornykiewicz
Born(1926-11-17)November 17, 1926
Sykhiv, Poland (now Ukraine)
DiedMay 26, 2020(2020-05-26) (aged 93)
Vienna, Austria
NationalityAustrian
Alma materUniversity of Vienna
Known forDiscovery of dopamine deficiency in Parkinson's disease, development of L-dopa therapy
AwardsWolf Prize in Medicine (1979)
Gairdner Foundation International Award (1972)
Scientific career
FieldsBiochemistry, Neuroscience, Pharmacology
InstitutionsUniversity of Vienna, University of Toronto

Oleh Hornykiewicz (17 November 1926 – 26 May 2020) was a Polish-born Austrian Wolf Prize-winning biochemist. Hornykiewicz was born in Sykhiw (a district of Lviv), then in Poland (now Ukraine).

He was chairman of the Institute of Biochemical Pharmacology at the University of Vienna for twenty years. In 1967, he began a long career with the University of Toronto in Canada and, in 1992, he was named professor emeritus at that institution.

He discovered that Parkinson's disease was due to dopamine deficiency in the brain. He also played a key role in the development of L-dopa as a therapy for the disorder.

Hornykiewicz died on 26 May 2020, aged 93.

References

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  2. ↑ "The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research". Archived from the original on January 1, 2009. retrieved: 26 October 2009
  3. ↑ "Dr. Oleh Hornykiewicz - Parkinson Society Canada". Archived from the original on 2013-10-16. Retrieved 2013-10-14.
  4. ↑ Pharmakologe Oleh Hornykiewicz 93-jährig gestorben Archived 2020-05-27 at the Wayback Machine (in German)