PorphyriaI was doing a research paper and when I typed in Vampire Disease into Google Images I saw a picture of this man along with some gruesome photos, which I later found to be an actual disease. I began myPorphyria mission shortly after.
Dr. David H. Dolphin studied with two other men, although David Dolphin trained as a synthetic organic chemist, he had combined research in organic inorganic and biochemistry to both understand and mimic the life processes controlled by porphyrins, vitamin B12, and related macrocycles. Dolphin's first major independent contribution was discovery of the facile and reversible oxidation of porphyrin and chlorin macrocyclic rings to generate "porphyrin." Dolphin is an internationally recognized expert in the areas of porphyrin chemistry biochemistry and has been instrumental in the development of drugs for photodynamic therapy. |