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Bibudhendra Sarkar | |
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| Born | August 2, 1935 |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Citizenship | Canada |
| Alma mater | Calcutta University Banaras Hindu University University of Southern California |
| Known for | Inventor of Menkes disease treatment by copper-histidine |
| Spouse | Dipti Dutt (d. 1985) |
| Children | 2 |
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| Institutions | Hospital For Sick Children and University of Toronto |
| Thesis | Studies on the transport, metabolism and chemistry of iron-sugar chelates (1964) |
| Doctoral advisor | Paul Saltman |
Bibudhendra (Amu) Sarkar (born August 2, 1935) is a Canadian biochemist best known for his research on copper-histidine in human blood, leading to the first treatments for Menkes disease. He served as head of the Division of Biochemistry Research at the Sick Kids Research Institute in Toronto from 1990-2002, where he established the Department of Structural Biology Research in 1990.[1]
- ^ "Bibudhendra Sarkar". Hospital for Sick Children. 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2023.