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Pedro Cuatrecasas
Pedro Cuatrecasas
Born	27 September 1936 (age 88); Madrid, Spain
Citizenship	American
Education	Washington University School of Medicine, M.D. 1962
Known for	Invention of affinity chromatography
Awards	Wolf Prize in Medicine
	Scientific career
Fields	Biochemistry, pharmacology, medicine
Institutions	UC San Diego

Pedro Cuatrecasas (born 27 September 1936) is an American biochemist and an adjunct professor of Pharmacology & Medicine at the University of California San Diego.^[1]

Birth and education

Pedro Cuatrecasas was born in 1936 in Madrid, Spain.^[2] He completed his A.B. from Washington University in St. Louis in 1958. He completed his M.D. from Washington University School of Medicine in 1962.

Research

Pedro Cuatrecasas is known for the invention and development of affinity chromatography, a process utilized within the Aethlon HemopurifierTM. He was involved in the discovery, development and marketing registration of more than forty medicines. Some of those medicines include: zidovudine (AZT, AIDS), acyclovir (Zovirax, anti-herpes), permethrin (Rid, head and body lice), bupropion (Wellbutrin, antidepressant), colfosceril palmitate (Exosurf, infant acute respiratory distress), remifentanil (Ultiva, analgesic/anesthetic), sumatriptan (Imigran, migraine), salmeterol (Serement, asthma), tacrine (Cognex, Alzheimers), gabapentin (Neurontin, epilepsy and neuropathic pain), troglitazone (Rezulin, diabetes), and atorvastatin (Lipitor, cholesterol lowering).

In 1987 Pedro Cuatrecasas was awarded the Wolf Prize in Medicine in 1987 along with Meir Wilchek "for the invention and development of affinity chromatography and its applications to biomedical sciences."^[3]