Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Viagra scientist dies, aged 92
An American scientist whose work helped lead to the development of the anti-impotency drug Viagra has died at the age of 92 in Seattle.
Robert F Furchgott was showered with honours during a scientific career spanning more than 70 years.
Degrees, professorships and research papers culminated in a share of the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine in 1998.
This was for his discovery that nitric oxide would enlarge blood vessels in the body and so increase blood flow.
It provided the theoretical basis that lead eventually to the development of Viagra, and it is likely to be the reason millions of men and women around the world will remember him.
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Robert F Furchgott was showered with honours during a scientific career spanning more than 70 years.
Degrees, professorships and research papers culminated in a share of the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine in 1998.
This was for his discovery that nitric oxide would enlarge blood vessels in the body and so increase blood flow.
It provided the theoretical basis that lead eventually to the development of Viagra, and it is likely to be the reason millions of men and women around the world will remember him.
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