Carl-Bertil Laurell

Carl-Bertil Laurell (born 28 June 1919 in Uppsala, died 18 September 2001 in Malmö)[1] was a Swedish medical doctor and researcher.

Laurell was Professor of clinical chemistry at Lund University.

He named the blood plasma protein transferrin, and discovered that an inherited lack of alpha-1 antitrypsin could lead to emphysema.

[2] In 1976, he was made a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

[3] He was married to Anna-Britta Laurell, Professor of immunology at Lund university, from 1946 until her death in 2000.