- Gideon Rodan
Dr. Gideon Alfred Rodan (
June 14 ,1934 –January 1 2006 ) was an Americanbiochemist and osteopath.Rodan was born in
Bucharest ,Romania . He studied at theHebrew University inJerusalem and at theWeizmann Institute of Science inRehovot ,Israel .He researched the deformation of
bone cell s. His most notable work was aboutOsteoporosis . Rodan researched the connection betweenosteoblast s andosteoclast s and helped to analyse and describe the two. In the 1990s, Rodan, now director of the department for bone biology and osteoporosis at theMerck Research Laboratories , helped to created a compound to block osteoblast-mediatedbone resorption . This compound became known asAlendronate orFosamax . In further works he examined the role ofsteroid in bonemetabolism and the communication between bones andhormone s.From 1970 to 1985, Gideon Rodan taught at the
University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine until he switched over to Merck. In 1987, Rodan became president of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research. He was the editor of the book "Principles of Bone Biology " (1996).Gideon Rodan died of
cancer onJanuary 1 ,2006 in Bryn Mawr,Pennsylvania .Persondata
NAME=Rodan, Gideon
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Medical researcher
DATE OF BIRTH=1934
PLACE OF BIRTH=Bucharest
DATE OF DEATH=January 1 ,2006
PLACE OF DEATH=Bryn Mawr,Pennsylvania
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