EDWIN COHN

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• He was born on December 17, 1892
• He died October 1, 1953

KNOWN RELATIVES

• He had 2 sons
• His first wife died when they were teen then he remarried.
• His first wife's name was Marianne Cohn
• His second wife's name was Rebekah Higginson

MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONS

• He made a cure for people who were in shock it was called serum albumin
• He also made a cure for polio which was called gamma globulin

EDUCATION

• He went to the university of Chicago and studied
• He spent most of his career at Harvard developing blood fractionation which separates the proteins for the blood plasma.

SOURCES

• http://www.biography.com/people/edwin-cohn-9252667
• http://marketingresearchbureau.com/plasma-industry/history-of-plasma-fracti...