Marjorie G. Horning

Marjorie Janice Groothuis Horning (August 23, 1917 – June 11, 2020) was an American biochemist and pharmacologist.

Marjorie G. Horning
Born
Marjorie Janice Groothuis

(1917-08-23)August 23, 1917
DiedJune 11, 2020(2020-06-11) (aged 102)[1]
Houston, Texas, U.S.
Alma materGoucher College, University of Michigan
AwardsGarvan–Olin Medal (1977)
Scientific career
FieldsBiochemistry, Pharmacology
InstitutionsNational Institutes of Health, Baylor College of Medicine

She was thought to be a leading scientist of chromatography for her work in developing new techniques and applying them to the study of drug metabolism.[2]

She discovered that drugs and their metabolites can be transferred from a pregnant woman to her developing child, and later through breast milk, from a mother to a baby.

Horning's work made possible the prevention of birth defects, as doctors began to warn of the dangers of drugs, alcohol, and smoking during pregnancy.

References

  1. Marjorie Harding obituary
  2. Gehrke, Charles W.; Wixom, Robert L.; Bayer, Ernst (2001). Chromatography a century of discovery 1900-2000 : the bridge to the sciences/technology (1st ed.). Amsterdam: Elsevier Science. p. 29. ISBN 9780080476506. Retrieved 10 February 2017.