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Bookmark or Share- Dorothy Andersen and Paul di Sant’Agnese Distinguished Scientific ...Dorothy Andersen, MD. Dr. Andersen is unquestionably one of the most important figures in the history of cystic fibrosis. Her contributions to the field, including her discovery of CF in 1938, sparked decades of scientific progress that have transformed the lives of hundreds of thousands of people.
- Lost Women of Science, Episode 1: The Question MarkNovember 4, 2021. The Lost Women of Science, Episode 1: The Question Mark. When physician and pathologist Dorothy Andersen confronted a slew of confounding infant deaths, she suspected the...
- Dorothy Andersen (1901–1963) | Embryo Project EncyclopediaDorothy Andersen (1901–1963) By: Reem Gerais. Published: 2017-06-18. Dorothy Andersen studied cystic fibrosis in the United States during the early 1900s. In 1935, Andersen discovered lesions in the pancreas of an infant during an autopsy, which led her to classify a condition she named cystic fibrosis of the pancreas.
- Changing the Face of Medicine | Dorothy Hansine AndersenDr. Dorothy Hansine Andersen was the first physician to identify cystic fibrosis as a disease and, together with her research team, created the first tests to diagnose it. She also spent nearly a decade examining glycogen storage disease, and studied cardiac malformations in great detail.
- Dr. Dorothy H. Andersen’s Discovery Of Cystic FibrosisThat’s when Dr. Dorothy H. Andersen, an assistant attending pediatrician and assistant pathologist at what was then known as Babies Hospital (now NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital), discovered and named cystic fibrosis (CF), a genetic disorder that causes a thick, sticky mucus to build up in the lungs, pancreas and ...
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