Ryszard Gryglewski

Ryszard Jerzy Gryglewski (4 August 1932 – 30 January 2023) was a Polish pharmacologist and physician. Member of the Polish Academy of Learning (PAU)[2] and the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN).[3]

Ryszard Jerzy Gryglewski
Born(1932-08-04)4 August 1932
Wilno, Poland (now Vilnius, Lithuania)
Died30 January 2023(2023-01-30) (aged 90)
Kraków, Poland
NationalityPolish
CitizenshipPolish
Alma materJagiellonian University
Known forDiscovery of prostacyclin
AwardsPrize of the Foundation for Polish Science (1997)[1]
Sir Hans Krebs Medal (2004)
Scientific career
FieldsPharmacology, medicine

Gryglewski graduated in medicine from the Jagiellonian University in Kraków, where he also wrote his doctorate in Pharmacology and in 1971 became a professor. He was a member of many pharmacological associations around the world and since 1993 president of the Jagiellonian Medical Research Centre (Jagiellońskie Centrum Badań Medycznych).

His scientific work concerned experimental pharmacology. His research focused on the contribution of the blood-vascular system in building up immunity against thrombosis in the development of sclerosis. In 1976, together with S. Bunting, J. Vane and S. Moncada, he discovered prostacyclin, which set off many further scientific discoveries.[4]

Gryglewski died in Kraków on 30 January 2023, at the age of 90.[5]

References
  1. "Prof. Dr hab. Med. Ryszard Gryglewski - lauret Nagrody FNP 1997".
  2. MEMBERS OF POLISH ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES, PAU CLASS V OF MEDICINE, Full Members, Archived 14 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine Polish Academy of Learning. Accessed 28 January 2010
  3. Full Members - Division VI, Polish Academy of Sciences. Accessed 27 January 2010
  4. Jacek Jawień and Janusz Marcinkiewicz (27 February 2023). "Professor Ryszard Jerzy Gryglewski (1932–2023): in memoriam". mp.pl. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
  5. "Nie żyje prof. Ryszard Gryglewski, wybitny uczony, autor przełomowych odkryć w dziedzinie farmakologii".

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