George Brownlee
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George Brownlee FRS is a British pathologist. He is a fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford
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, where he studied with Fred Sanger.
He was Professor of Pharmacology at King's College, London from 1950 until 1978.
He was Professor of Chemical Pathology at Sir William Dunn School of Pathology
, from 1978 to 2008.
and co-workers, he developed the first "reverse genetics" system for influenza virus, markedly speeding up the process of developing flu vaccines
Lincoln College, Oxford
Lincoln College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. It is situated on Turl Street in central Oxford, backing onto Brasenose College and adjacent to Exeter College...
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Life
He earned a Phd at Emmanuel College, CambridgeEmmanuel College, Cambridge
Emmanuel College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge.The college was founded in 1584 by Sir Walter Mildmay on the site of a Dominican friary...
, where he studied with Fred Sanger.
He was Professor of Pharmacology at King's College, London from 1950 until 1978.
He was Professor of Chemical Pathology at Sir William Dunn School of Pathology
Sir William Dunn School of Pathology
The Sir William Dunn School of Pathology is a Department within the University of Oxford . Its research programme includes the cellular and molecular biology of pathogens, the immune response, cancer and cardiovascular disease...
, from 1978 to 2008.
Career
He cloned and expressed human clotting factor IX, providing a recombinant source of this protein for Haemophilia B patients who had proviously relied on the hazardous blood-derived product. With Peter PalesePeter Palese
Peter Palese, Ph.D, is an American microbiologist and Professor and Chair of the Department of Microbiology at the Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City, and an expert in the field of RNA viruses....
and co-workers, he developed the first "reverse genetics" system for influenza virus, markedly speeding up the process of developing flu vaccines