Howard I. Adler
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Howard I. Adler was an American biologist.
for his undergraduate degree, earning the Valedictorian title for his graduating class. He also completed his Ph.D at Cornell, studying Microbiology.
, serving as the head of the laboratory's biology division. In his later years at ORNL, Adler was researching the factors that facilitated the recovery of radiation-damaged cells. During his research he found that some parts of organelles contained respiratory enzymes that generated anaerobic environments, meaning parts of cells could create environments with no Oxygen. Adler realized that the creation of anaerobic environments could be produced on a mass scale. He co-founded Oxyrase, Inc., which produces and markets oxygen reducing agents, in 1987. He worked with the company after his retirement from ORNL.
Howard Adler died in 1998 from Pancreatic cancer
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Early life and education
Adler grew up in New York City and attended Cornell UniversityCornell University
Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...
for his undergraduate degree, earning the Valedictorian title for his graduating class. He also completed his Ph.D at Cornell, studying Microbiology.
Career
Adler worked for most of his career at Oak Ridge National LaboratoryOak Ridge National Laboratory
Oak Ridge National Laboratory is a multiprogram science and technology national laboratory managed for the United States Department of Energy by UT-Battelle. ORNL is the DOE's largest science and energy laboratory. ORNL is located in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, near Knoxville...
, serving as the head of the laboratory's biology division. In his later years at ORNL, Adler was researching the factors that facilitated the recovery of radiation-damaged cells. During his research he found that some parts of organelles contained respiratory enzymes that generated anaerobic environments, meaning parts of cells could create environments with no Oxygen. Adler realized that the creation of anaerobic environments could be produced on a mass scale. He co-founded Oxyrase, Inc., which produces and markets oxygen reducing agents, in 1987. He worked with the company after his retirement from ORNL.
Howard Adler died in 1998 from Pancreatic cancer
Pancreatic cancer
Pancreatic cancer refers to a malignant neoplasm of the pancreas. The most common type of pancreatic cancer, accounting for 95% of these tumors is adenocarcinoma, which arises within the exocrine component of the pancreas. A minority arises from the islet cells and is classified as a...
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