Pathologist Discovering
New Hormone
Right - Born in Parana,
Argentina, Dr. Adolfo de Bold is a clinical biochemist trained at the National
University in Cordoba. He has an M.Sc. and Ph.D. from Queen’s University.
His wife Mercedes, also Argentine-born, shares the same academic training
and research interests. At present Dr. de Bold is Professor of Pathology
and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Ottawa. His research has earned
him international recognition for his discovery of a hormone named Atrial
Natriuretic Factor (ANF) which has led to a better understanding of the
function of the cardio-vascular system in both health and disease. [Photo,
courtesy Ottawa Civic Hospital]