1927– British pharmacologist who differentiated the various prostaglandins.
Keywords: prostacyclin; prostaglandins; aspirin
Vane, John Robert
WH Brock, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
Published online: March 2002
DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0002934
| Further Reading | |
| book Vane JR (1960) Adrenergic Mechanisms. London: Ciba Foundation. | |
| book Vane JR (1974) Prostaglandin Synthetase Inhibitors. New York: Raven Press. | |
| book Vane JR (1993) "Adventures and excursions in bioassay: the stepping stones to prostacyclin". Nobel Lectures Physiology and Medicine 1981–1990, pp. 140–170. Singapore: World Scientific. | |
| book Vane JR and Bergström S (1979) Prostacyclin. New York: Raven Press. | |
| book Meldrum M (1990) Nobel Laureates Medicine and Physiology, Fox DM (ed.), pp. 538–542. New York: Garland. | |
| book Wasson T (1987) Nobel Prize Winners, pp. 1082–1084. New York: HW Wilson. | |
| other Who's Who (1999). | |
