About Lauritz Royal Christensen
Lived 1915 – 1997 (aged 81–82). Lauritz Royal Christensen was an American epidemiologist and university teacher.
L. Royal Christensen (1915 – 22 March 1997) was an American epidemiologist who, along with André Cournand and William S. Tillett, won the 1949 Lasker Award for their work in showing that the enzymes streptokinase and streptodornase can be used to treat disease. Christensen was born in Everson, Washington.
In 1953 he became director of Berg Institute for Experimental Physiology.
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American epidemiologist (1915–1997)
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Lauritz Royal Christensen died on 22 March 1997 in Madison.
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Lauritz Royal Christensen was an epidemiologist and university teacher.
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Lauritz Royal Christensen was American.
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