John Robert Vane:
John Robert Vane was a British chemist and Nobel laureate.
Birth:
March 29, 1927 in Tardebigg, Worcestershire, England
Death:
November 19, 2004 in Farnborough, Hampshire, England
Claim to Fame:
Vane was a British chemist who was awarded one third of the 1983 Nobel Prize in Medicine for the discovery that aspirin inhibits the formation of prostaglandin. Prostgalandins are associated with fever, inflammation and pain. This research established the physiological evidence to support the use of one of the most widely used medications, aspirin. He also discovered the prostagladin prostacyclin that is important to the process of blood coagulation.
