Irwin Fridovich
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| Gender | Male |
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| Age | 94 |
| Date of birth | August 2,1929 |
| Zodiac sign | Leo |
| Born | New York |
| United States | |
| Books | Oxy-Radicals in Molecular Biology and Pathology |
| Known for | Superoxide dismutase |
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| Academic advisor | Philip Handler |
| Education | Duke University |
| The City College of New York | |
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| ID | 1347261 |
Irwin Fridovich Life story
Irwin Fridovich is an American biochemist who, together with his graduate student Joe M. McCord, discovered the enzymatic activity of copper, zinc superoxide dismutase, —to protect organisms from the toxic effects of superoxide free radicals formed as a byproduct of normal oxygen metabolism.
