Carl-Bertil Laurell (born 28 June 1919 in

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, dead 18 September 2001 in

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) was a

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medical doctor and researcher. Laurell was Professor of

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, and discovered that an inherited lack of

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could lead to

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. In 1976, he was made a member of the

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. Laurell received the Edwin F. Ullman Award from the

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on May 4 in 2001. He was married to Anna-Britta Laurell, Professor of immunology at Lund university, from 1946 until her death in 2000. The couple had six children. He died on 18 September 2001.

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1919 births 2001 deaths 20th-century Swedish physicians Academic staff of Lund University Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Swedish biochemists {{Chemist-stub