HUGO THEORELL, 79; NOBELIST IN '55 FOR ENZYME DISCOVERY

Author: Associated Press

Date: Wednesday, August 18, 1982
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Section: RUN OF PAPER OBITUARY

Theorell died Sunday. The cause of death was not given.

Theorell, who devoted his entire career to enzyme research, won the 1955 Nobel Prize in Medicine for discovering the toxidation enzyme and its effects.

At the Nobel Institute his research lead to pioneering progress on ADH enzymes, which break down alcohol in the kidney.

His work won praise in Sweden as well as abroad, where he received honorary degrees at universities in France, Belgium, Brazil and the United States.

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