Nicholas Lydon
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Nicholas B. Lydon is a British scientist and entrepreneur. He won 2009 Lasker Clinical Award
for the development of Gleevec, a selective BCR-ABL inhibitor for the treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML).
Lydon earned a BS in biochemistry
from the University of Leeds
, England and received his Ph.D in biochemistry from the University of Dundee
, Scotland.
Lasker Award
The Lasker Awards have been awarded annually since 1946 to living persons who have made major contributions to medical science or who have performed public service on behalf of medicine. They are administered by the Lasker Foundation, founded by advertising pioneer Albert Lasker and his wife Mary...
for the development of Gleevec, a selective BCR-ABL inhibitor for the treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML).
Lydon earned a BS in biochemistry
Biochemistry
Biochemistry, sometimes called biological chemistry, is the study of chemical processes in living organisms, including, but not limited to, living matter. Biochemistry governs all living organisms and living processes...
from the University of Leeds
University of Leeds
The University of Leeds is a British Redbrick university located in the city of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England...
, England and received his Ph.D in biochemistry from the University of Dundee
University of Dundee
The University of Dundee is a university based in the city and Royal burgh of Dundee on eastern coast of the central Lowlands of Scotland and with a small number of institutions elsewhere....
, Scotland.