Israel Lyon Chaikoff
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Israel Lyon Chaikoff (2 July 1902, in London, UK – 25 January 1966, in Berkeley, USA) was a Canadian-American physiologist and biochemist, known for the Wolff–Chaikoff effect.[1][2] He and his colleagues were pioneers in the use of radioactive iodine (iodine-131) to investigate thyroid function.[3]
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Israel Lyon Chaikoff | |
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Born | (1902-07-02)July 2, 1902 London, UK |
Died | January 25, 1966(1966-01-25) (aged 63) Berkeley, California, USA |
Education | University of Toronto (B.A., M.A., Ph.D., M.D.) |
Known for | Wolff–Chaikoff effect |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | University of California, Berkeley |
Doctoral advisor | John Macleod |
Doctoral students | Isadore Perlman Walter M. Fitch |
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