Horst Bickel

Horst Bickel (28 June 1918 – 1 December 2000) was a German doctor.[1]

With Guido Fanconi, he characterized Glycogen storage disease type XI in 1949.[2]

He was also involved in the development of treatments for phenylketonuria.[1][3] In 1951, Bickel, Evelyn Hickmans and John Gerrard were persuaded by a persistent mother to help her daughter, Sheila, who was suffering from phenylketonuria. They created a diet that was low in phenylalanine and the daughter's condition improved.[4]

Bickel, Gerrard and Hickmans were awarded the John Scott Medal in 1962 for their discovery.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 doctor/52 at Who Named It?
  2. ↑ Fanconi G, Bickel H (November 1949). "Die chronische Aminoacidurie (Aminosaeurediabetes oder nephrotisch-glukosurischer Zwergwuchs) bei der Glykogenose und der Cystinkrankheit". Helv Paediatr Acta. 4 (5): 359–96. PMID 15397919.
  3. ↑ Scheibenreiter S, Tiefenthaler M, Hinteregger V, et al. (July 1996). "Austrian report on longitudinal outcome in phenylketonuria". Eur. J. Pediatr. 155 Suppl 1: S45–9. doi:10.1007/PL00014248. PMID 8828608.
  4. 1 2 Marelene Rayner-Canham, Geoff Rayner-Canham (2008), "Evelyn Hickmans", Chemistry was Their Life: Pioneer British Women Chemists, 1880–1949, World Scientific, p. 198, ISBN 9781908978998
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