ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGES HONORS KLEBANOFF WITH AWARD FOR DISTINGUISHED RESEARCH IN BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES
November 05, 2007
November 05, 2007
SEATTLE, Nov. 5 -- The University of Washington Health Sciences campus issued the following news release:
Certain white blood cells, called phagocytes, engulf and destroy harmful bacteria. UW's Dr. Seymour Klebanoff discovered in 1967 that these cells produce their own antibacterial, an enzyme called myeloperoxidase. This revolutionary discovery changed science's understanding of the body's natural defense mechanisms in fighting infections, advanced knowledge about inflammation, a . . .
Certain white blood cells, called phagocytes, engulf and destroy harmful bacteria. UW's Dr. Seymour Klebanoff discovered in 1967 that these cells produce their own antibacterial, an enzyme called myeloperoxidase. This revolutionary discovery changed science's understanding of the body's natural defense mechanisms in fighting infections, advanced knowledge about inflammation, a . . .