Louis Isaac Woolf | |
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 Woolf in 1972 (image from the University of British Columbia Archive) | |
| Born | 24 April 1919 |
| Died | 2021 aged 101 Vancouver, Canada |
| Education | University College London (Ph.D. 1945) |
| Known for | Work on inherited metabolic disorders, with a focus on amino acids |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Hospital for Sick Children, London; University of British Columbia, Vancouver |
Louis Isaac Woolf (born 1919 in London, England; died 2021 in Vancouver, Canada) was a British biochemist who played a crucial role in the early detection (via neonatal screening) and the treatment of phenylketonuria (PKU).