Sir John Robert Vane (March 29, 1927 - November 19, 2004) was a Britishpharmacologist. His father was the son of immigrants from Russia and his mother came from a Worcestershire farming family. He was educated at King Edward's School in Edgbaston, Birmingham, and studied Chemistry at the University of Birmingham in 1944. Vane completed a doctorate in pharmacology from Oxford University in 1953. March 29 is the 88th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (89th in Leap years). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1927 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search November 19 is the 323rd day of the year (324th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Pharmacology (in Greek: pharmacon is drug, and logos is science) is the study of how chemical substances interfere with living systems. ... Worcestershire (pronounced /ˈwÊŠstÉ™.təʃə/ or /ˈwÊŠstÉ™.təʃiËÉœË/ or /ˈwÊŠstÉ™.təʃaɪə/; abbreviated Worcs) is a county, located in the West Midlands region of central England. ... King Edwards School Buildings. ... Edgbaston constituency shown within Birmingham Edgbaston is an area in Birmingham, England, UK. It is also a formal district, managed by its own district committee. ... Jump to: navigation, search The city from above Centenary Square. ... Chemistry (in Greek: χημεία) is the science of matter that deals with the composition, structure, and properties of substances and with the transformations that they undergo. ... The University of Birmingham is the oldest of three universities in the English city of Birmingham. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search Pharmacology (in Greek: pharmacon (φάÏμακον) is drug, and logos (λόγος) is science) is the study of how chemical substances interact with living systems. ... The University of Oxford, located in the city of Oxford in England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1953 is a common year starting on Thursday. ...
He held a post at the Institute of Basic Medical Sciences of the University of London in the Royal College of Surgeons of England for 18 years. During that time he developed certain bioassay techniques that led to important scientific discoveries. He won a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1982 for his work on aspirin in which he discovered it inhibited prostaglandin biosynthesis. Senate House, designed by Charles Holden home to the universitys central administration offices and its library The University of London is a federation of colleges which together constitute one of the worlds largest universities. ... List of Nobel Prize laureates in Physiology or Medicine from 1901 to the present day. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1982 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Jump to: navigation, search A prostaglandin is any member of a group of lipid compounds that are derived from fatty acids and have important functions in the animal body. ...
In 1973 Vane left academia and took up the position of director of research of the Welcome Foundation. Twelve years later, however, he returned to academic life at the William Harvey Research Institute at St. Bartholmew's Hospital Medical School.
I spent a few months in Sheffield University as a research worker in the pharmacology department
JohnRobertVane was born March 29, 1927, in Tardebigge, Worcester.
John R. Vane's research on prostaglandins, hormone-like substances produced by the body, proved fundamental in the research and treatment of such illnesses as heart disease, strokes, ulcers and asthma.
Vane was born March 29, 1927, in Tardebigge, Worcester, the son of Maurice Vane and the former Frances Fisher.
Sir JohnVane, who died on Friday aged 77, shared the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1982 for his discovery, in 1976, of prostacyclin, the blood-vessel dilating prostaglandin that inhibits blood-clotting, and for his earlier work on aspirin.
Vane's discoveries led to new treatments for heart and blood-vessel disease, and to the development and introduction of a new class of life-saving drugs to control pulmonary hypertension - the Ace inhibitors - from which tens of thousands of people around the world have since benefitted.
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