Barbara Illingworth Brown

Research Her work was primarily devoted to the biochemistry of inherited metabolic diseases. and defined the pathway and mechanisms of phosphorylase enzymes. Her research included the discovery of enzymes in a previously unknown pathway to process glycogen. She went on to research diseases related to the storage of glycogen where these enzymes were absent. She applied some of Carl Cori's findings to medical cases, and confirmed the second known case of fructose bisphosphatase deficiency, a rare metabolic disorder, in 1970. She played a similar role in therapeutic research into glycogen storage disease type I.

Personal life Her husband, David H. Brown, was also a scientist and they collaborated on research on polysaccharide synthesis and glycogen storage diseases.

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