Andrew Wyllie

Andrew Wyllie

Andrew H. Wyllie is a Scottish pathologist. In 1972, while working with electron microscopes at the University of Aberdeen he realised the significance of natural cell death.Cite web|url = http://www.a-star.edu.sg/astar/biomed/action/biomed_dvp_abstract.do?id=2901ddeb02dH |title=Prof Andrew H. Wyllie - Lecture abstract|accessdate=2007-03-30|year=|author=Agency for Science, Technology and Research] He and his colleagues John Kerr and Alastair Currie called this process apoptosis, from the use of this word in an ancient Greek poem to mean "falling off" (like leaves falling from a tree). His works have contributed to the understanding of apoptosis in health and in disease, and he continues to lecture to undergraduate medical and natural sciences students in Cambridge today.

Career and awards

*University of Aberdeen - BSc, MB, ChB, PhD. Cite web|url = http://www.a-star.edu.sg/astar/biomed/action/biomed_dvp_bio.do;jsessionid=6FEA346564CAC99B66B900EFD82CEE0D?id=2901ddeb02dH |title=Biographical notes - Prof A H Wyllie|accessdate=2007-03-30|year=|author=Agency for Science, Technology and Research]
*Professor of Pathology and Head of the Department, University of Cambridge, England, and an Honorary Consultant, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge.
*1994 - Bertner Award, MD Anderson Cancer Centre, University of Texas, USA.
*1995 - Fellow of the Royal Society.
*1998 - Hans Bloemendal Award, University of Nijmegen.
*1999 - Gairdner Foundation International Award. [cite web
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References

External links

* [http://www.path.cam.ac.uk/ Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge]


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