Kurt Henseleit
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Kurt Henseleit | |
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| Born | 1907 |
| Died | 1973 (aged 64–65) |
| Known for | Urea cycle Krebs–Henseleit solution |
Kurt Henseleit (1907–1973)[1] studied medicine in Berlin, where he was born, with final exams 1929 and was beginning in the winter semester 1930/31 a graduate student of and assistant to Hans Krebs in Freiburg im Breisgau, where he got his M.D. Between them they discovered the urea cycle (known also as the Krebs-Henseleit cycle),[2] and developed the Krebs-Henseleit solution.[3]
Later in life he was a physician (Facharzt) in Friedrichshafen.
