Advances in Pregnancy-Related Protein Research Functional and Clinical Applications (PDF)

Behringwerke in Marburg. He stayed there until his retirement in 1989, working mainly with the isolation and characterization of proteins from the human afterbirth. This endeavor resulted in the detection of a large number of new proteins related to pregnancy and was accompanied by a fruitful collaboration with researchers all over the world with the aim to investigate the possible diagnostic significance of measurement of these proteins and to elucidate the possible biological function of these proteins. Dénes G. Szabo, M.D., Ph.D., is associate professor in the Institute of Biochemistry of University Medical School Pecs in Hungary. Dr. Szabo was born in 1940, and received his medical degree in 1965 from University Medical School Pecs. Since then, he has worked at the Institute of Biochemistry. In 1968, he received accreditation as a laboratory diagnostician. He initially dealt with the chemical synthesis and biochemical testing of biologically active molecules, on which subject he has published ten papers. Since 1973, he has been working in the area of pregnancy-related proteins, primarily dealing with the isolation of the proteins and their animal analogs, and with the development of quantitative assay methods. He earned his Ph.D. in 1986, with the dissertation entitled "Methods for the Measurement of Pregnancy Proteins and Animal Experimental Models". Since 1978, he has continuously received grants from the National Foundation for Scientific Research and from the Ministry of Welfare. He has published 74 papers in this field. He has regularly attended international scientific conferences and has served two terms on the Board of Directors for the Hungarian Biochemical Society and for the Scientific Committee of University Medical School Pecs. Dr. Szabo is also closely involved in biochemical teaching. He is the director of in-lab instruction at the university, and has edited and written many books on the teaching of biochemistry.