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Encyclopedia > Carl Peter Henrik Dam

Henrik Dam (Full name Carl Peter Henrik Dam) (February 21, 1895 - April 18, 1976) was a Danish biochemist and physiologist. February 21 is the 52nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1895 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... April 18 is the 108th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (109th in leap years). ... 1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Biochemistry is the chemistry of life. ... Physiology (in Greek physis = nature and logos = word) is the study of the mechanical, physical, and biochemical functions of living organisms. ...


He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1943 for his work in discovering vitamin K and its role in human physiology. His key experiment involved feeding a cholesterol-free diet to chickens. The chickens began hemmoraging and bleeding uncontrollably after a few weeks. Dam isoloated the dietary substance needed for blood clotting and called it the "coagulation vitamin" or Koagulations Vitamin in German, which became shortened to vitamin K. Sir Edward Appletons medal Photographs of Nobel Prize Medals. ... Medicine on the Web NLM (National Library of Medicine, contains resources for patients and healthcare professionals) Virtual Hospital (digital health sciences library by the University of Iowa) Online Medical Dictionary Collection of links to free medical resources The NanoAging Institute Medicine News Categories: Medicine | Health ... 1943 is a common year starting on Friday. ... Vitamin K denotes a group of 2-methilo-naphthoquinone derivatives. ... Binomial name Homo sapiens Linnaeus, 1758 Subspecies Homo sapiens idaltu (extinct) Homo sapiens sapiens Human beings define themselves in biological, social, and spiritual terms. ... Physiology (in Greek physis = nature and logos = word) is the study of the mechanical, physical, and biochemical functions of living organisms. ... Cholesterol is a steroid lipid, found in the cell membranes of all body tissues, and transported in the blood plasma of all animals. ...


He was born and died in Copenhagen. http://brunklp.narod.ru/dam-bio.html City nickname: none Location in Denmark Area  - Total  - Water 526 km² xxx km² xx% Population  - City (2004)  - Metropolitan  - Density 502,204 1,116,979 954/km2 [including water] xxx/km2 [land only] Time zone Eastern: UTC+1 Latitude Longitude 55°43 N 12°34 E Copenhagen (Danish: København) is...


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The Danish biochemist Carl Peter Henrik Dam (1895-1976) shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology/Medicine for his discovery of vitamin K. Henrik Dam, the son of Emil Dam, an apothecary, was born in Copenhagen on Feb. 21, 1895.
Carl Peter Henrik Dam was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, on February 21, 1895.
Dam came to the United States in 1940 for a series of lectures in the U.S. and Canada under the auspices of the American-Scandinavian Foundation.
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