J. Edwin Seegmiller

Prix

1. 1968

   Prix international Canada Gairdner

   Biologie

   For his elucidation of a number of inborn errors of metabolism and, in particular, for his discovery of an enzyme defect (phosphoribosyltransferase deficiency) in a neurological disease characterized by mental retardation, behavioural disturbances and over-production of uric acid.