Ryszard Gryglewski

Ryszard Jerzy Gryglewski (born 4 August 1932 in Wilno) is a Polish pharmacologist and physician. Member of the Polish Academy of Learning (PAU)[2] and the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN).[3]

Ryszard Jerzy Gryglewski
Born (1932-08-04) 4 August 1932
Wilno, then Poland
NationalityPolish
Alma materJagiellonian University
Known forDiscovery of prostacyclin
AwardsPrize of the Foundation for Polish Science (1997)[1]
Sir Hans Krebs Medal (2004)
Scientific career
FieldsPharmacology, Medicine
InfluencedAndrzej Szczeklik

Gryglewski graduated in Medicine in Kraków, where he also wrote his doctorate in Pharmacology and in 1971 became a professor. He is a member of many pharmacological associations around the world, and since 1993 president of the Jagiellonian Medical Research Centre (Jagiellońskie Centrum Badań Medycznych).

His scientific work concerns experimental pharmacology. His research focuses on the contribution of the blood-vascular system in building up immunity against thrombosis in the development of sclerosis. In 1976, together with S. Bunting, J. Vane and S. Moncada, he discovered prostacyclin, which set off many further scientific discoveries.

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