Alec Bangham Explained

Alec Douglas Bangham FRS^[1] (10 November 1921 Manchester – 9 March 2010 Great Shelford) was a British biophysicist who first studied blood clotting mechanisms but became well known for his research on liposomes and his invention of clinically useful artificial lung surfactants.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Life

Bangham was the son of Donald Bangham, and Edith Kerby. He studied at the Downs School, and then Bryanston School, and proceeded to earn an MB MS in medicine from University College London.

He was appointed to Addenbrooke's Hospital, where he served as a pathologist, in the Royal Army Medical Corps, becoming a captain in 1948.

Bangham worked at the Babraham Institute in Cambridge from 1952 to 1982.^{[3] [4] [5]} He is best known for his research on liposomes.^[6]

Family

He was married to Rosalind; they had four children and eleven grandchildren.

His brother was Derek Bangham.^[7]

Awards

• 1965 doctorate of medicine from London University
• 1977 Fellow of the Royal Society
• 1981 Fellow of University College London
• 1997 distinguished fellow of the Royal College of Physicians

External links

• Bangham . A. D. . Alec Douglas Bangham. Horne . R. W. . Negative Staining of Phospholipids and Their Structural Modification by Surface-Active Agents As Observed in the Electron Microscope . Journal of Molecular Biology . 8 . 5 . 660–668 . 1964 . 14187392. 10.1016/S0022-2836(64)80115-7 .
• Horne . R. W. . Bangham . A. D. . Alec Douglas Bangham. Whittaker . V. P. . Negatively Stained Lipoprotein Membranes . Nature . 200 . 4913 . 1340 . 1963 . 14098499. 10.1038/2001340a0. 1963Natur.200.1340H . free .
• Bangham . A. D. . Alec Douglas Bangham. Horne . R. W. . Glauert . A. M. . Dingle . J. T. . Lucy . J. A. . Action of saponin on biological cell membranes . Nature . 196 . 4858 . 952–955 . 1962 . 13966357 . 10.1038/196952a0. 1962Natur.196..952B . 4181517 .

Notes and References

1. Heap . S. B. . Brian Heap. Gregoriadis . G. . Alec Douglas Bangham. 10 November 1921 – 9 March 2010 . 10.1098/rsbm.2011.0004 . . 2011 . 57 . 25–43. free .
2. 10.1016/S0140-6736(10)60950-6 . Alec Douglas Bangham . The Lancet . 375 . 9731 . 2070 . 2010 . Watts . Geoff . 54382511 .
3. Web site: Alec Bangham – 'father of liposomes' – dies aged 88 . 2011-08-31 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110929013654/http://www.babraham.ac.uk/news2010/19-mar.html . 29 September 2011 .
4. Web site: Cambridge News; Scientist who led the way in medical research dies . 2011-08-31 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100314220358/http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Home/Scientist-who-led-the-way-in-medical-research-dies.htm . 14 March 2010 .
5. News: Alec Bangham obituary | Technology | The Guardian . 2011-08-31 . London . Brian . Heap . 2010-03-31.
6. Deamer . David A. . From "Banghasomes" to liposomes: A memoir of Alec Bangham, 1921–2010 . The FASEB Journal . 1 May 2010 . 24 . 5 . 1308–1310. 10.1096/fj.10-0503 . 20430797 . 7184179 . free .
7. Web site: Munks Roll Details for Derek Raymond Bangham. Munk's Roll. 8 June 2017.