Book description
Molecules and Medicine
provides, for the first time ever, a completely integrated look at
chemistry, biology, drug discovery, and medicine. It delves into the
discovery, application, and mode of action of more than one hundred of
the most significant molecules in use in modern medicine. Opening
sections of the book provide a unique, clear, and concise introduction,
which enables readers to understand chemical formulas. E. J. Corey
has been a Professor at Harvard University since 1959. He was educated
at The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1945-1950) and served as a
faculty member at the University of Illinois from1951 to 1959. He is the
1990 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, and the recipient of over seventy
international awards and honorary degrees, including the U. S. National
Medal of Science, the Japan Prize in Science, and the Priestley Medal of
the American Chemical Society. He is amember of the U. S. National
Academy of Sciences and the U. S. National Institute of Medicine.
Professor Corey is the author of more than 1,000 publications and is one
of the most cited authors in science.
Barbara Czakó completed undergraduate studies at the University
of Debrecen, Hungary, where she worked with Dr. Sándor Berényi. She
obtained a Master of Science degree at the University of
Missouri-Columbia with Professor Shon R. Pulley. Dr. Czakó received
her Ph. D. degree (2006) in synthetic organic chemistry under the
guidance of Professor Gary A. Molander at the University of
Pennsylvania. Currently she is a postdoctoral fellow with Professor E.
J. Corey at Harvard University. In 2005 she published with László
Kürti the textbook Strategic Applications of Named Reactions in
Organic Synthesis.
László Kürti was born and raised in Hungary. He received his
diploma from the University of Debrecen, Hungary, where he conducted
research in the laboratory of Professor Sándor Antus. Subsequently he
received his Master of Science degree at the University of
Missouri-Columbia working with Professor Michael Harmata, and his Ph.
D. degree (2006) in synthetic organic chemistry under the supervision
of Professor Amos B. Smith III (the University of Pennsylvania).
Currently he is a Damon Runyon Cancer Fellow in the group of Professor
E. J. Corey at Harvard University. In 2005 he published with Barbara
Czakó the textbook Strategic Applications of Named Reactions in
Organic Synthesis.
