Archibald Edward Garrod – life and career path of the father of biochemical genetics. Part I. Alcaptonuria

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Dariusz Walkowiak

4 (61) 2019 s. 357–362
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.20883/ppnoz.2019.70

Fraza do cytowania: Walkowiak D. Archibald Edward Garrod – life and career path of the father of biochemical genetics. Part I. Alcaptonuria. Polski Przegląd Nauk o Zdrowiu. 2019;4(61):357–362. DOI: https://doi.org/10.20883/ppnoz.2019.70

Sir Archibald Edward Garrod, son of Sir Alfred Baring Garrod, royal physician of Queen Victoria, was a figure that undoubtedly left a mark on modern medicine. Chemist, medicine doctor, author of the thesis on autosomal recessive inheritance of alkaptonuria, the father of “inborn errors of metabolism”. Although he is considered by many to be the founding father of biochemical genetics, nobody in Poland has yet devoted scholarly attention to his work. This article, being the first in a series of two, is an attempt to restore Archibald Garrod to his rightful place in Polish medical literature. The subject of the article will be Garrod’s scientific achievements, shown against the backdrop of his era. The history of his family, as well as scientific and social relations with other outstanding scientists of that time, such as Frederick Gowland Hopkins or William Bateson, will also be outlined.

Key words: Archibald Edward Garrod, inborn errors of metabolism, alkaptonuria, biochemical genetics.



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