Kenneth Sterling

Sterling (July 29, 1920 – January 12, 1995) was a medical doctor and prominent researcher on the topic of thyroid hormone and human metabolism.

He made significant discoveries on thyroid hormone activation and treated patients at the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center for over thirty years.

[4] Lovecraft's letters to Sterling as based on transcripts held by Arkham House have been published in the volume H. P:.

He used radioisotopic labels to study the metabolism of human serum proteins and red blood cells.

[6] He discovered that the body converts the pro-hormone thyroxine into triiodothyronine, the primary active form of thyroid hormone.

[2][3][6] The International Workshop on Resistance to Thyroid Hormone, a biannual research forum, dedicated its third meeting to Sterling in 1997.