Marjorie G. Horning
Marjorie G. Horning | ||
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Born | Marjorie Janice Groothuis August 23, 1917 | |
Died | June 11, 2020[1] | (aged 102)|
Alma mater | Goucher College, University of Michigan | |
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Awards | Garvan–Olin Medal (1977) | |
Scientific career | ||
Fields | Biochemistry, Pharmacology | |
Institutions | National Institutes of Health, Baylor College of Medicine |
Marjorie Janice Groothuis Horning (August 23, 1917 – June 11, 2020) was an American biochemist and pharmacologist.
She was thought to be a leading scientist of chromatography for her work in developing new techniques and applying them to the study of drug metabolism.[2]
She discovered that drugs and their metabolites can be transferred from a pregnant woman to her developing child, and later through breast milk, from a mother to a baby.
Horning's work made possible the prevention of birth defects, as doctors began to warn of the dangers of drugs, alcohol, and smoking during pregnancy.
References[change | change source]
- ↑ Marjorie Harding obituary
- ↑ Gehrke, Charles W.; Wixom, Robert L.; Bayer, Ernst (2001). Chromatography a century of discovery 1900-2000 : the bridge to the sciences/technology (1st ed.). Amsterdam: Elsevier Science. p. 29. ISBN 9780080476506. Retrieved 10 February 2017.