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Henry G. Friesen

Henry G. Friesen

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Medicine

D-Index
91
Citations
24871
World Ranking
11920
National Ranking
479

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2001 - Canada Gairdner Wightman Award
  • 2001 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
  • 1993 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1978 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science
  • 1977 - Canada Gairdner International Award
  • 1966 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Henry G. Friesen is affiliated with the University of Manitoba in Canada. Their academic career encompasses a range of contributions recognized through several prestigious awards and memberships in notable scientific organizations.

In 1966, Henry G. Friesen was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Subsequently, in 1977, they received the Canada Gairdner International Award. This was followed by becoming a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1978, recognized within the Academy of Science. Later memberships include election to the National Academy of Sciences in 1993 and the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) in 2001. In the same year, they were honored with the Canada Gairdner Wightman Award. Additionally, they are a member of the Association of American Physicians.

Their body of work covers various fields, although specific main fields of study, subfields, and main topics of work have not been detailed in the available data.

No recent papers, co-authors, frequent publication venues, or book publications have been listed, which may indicate a focus on contributions outside of these specific outputs or a limitation in the recorded data.

Best Publications

  • Studies of insulin, growth hormone and prolactin binding: tissue distribution, species variation and characterization.

    Barry I. Posner;Paul A. Kelly;Robert P. C. Shiu;Henry G. Friesen

  • Radioreceptor Assay for Prolactin and Other Lactogenic Hormones

    R. P. C. Shiu;P. A. Kelly;H. G. Friesen

  • Studies of prolactin secretion in human pregnancy.

    J.E. Tyson;J.E. Tyson;P. Hwang;P. Hwang;H. Guyda;H. Guyda;H.G. Friesen;H.G. Friesen

  • Estrogen induces insulin-like growth factor-I expression in the rat uterus.

    Liam J. Murphy;Leigh C. Murphy;Henry G. Friesen

  • Isolation and characterization of a complementary DNA (galanin) clone from estrogen-induced pituitary tumor messenger RNA.

    M E Vrontakis;L M Peden;M L Duckworth;H G Friesen

  • Radioreceptor assay for growth hormone.

    T. Tsushima;H.G. Friesen

  • Identification, characterization, and regulation of a rat complementary deoxyribonucleic acid which encodes insulin-like growth factor-I.

    Liam J. Murphy;Graeme I. Bell;Mary Lynn Duckworth;Henry G. Friesen

  • Prolactin receptors in rat liver: possible induction by prolactin.

    Barry I. Posner;Paul A. Kelly;Henry G. Friesen

  • Properties of a prolactin receptor from the rabbit mammary gland

    Robert P. C. Shiu;Henry G. Friesen

  • Specific prolactin binding sites in the prostate and testis of rats.

    Cesare Aragona;Henry G. Friesen

  • Solubilization and purification of a prolactin receptor from the rabbit mammary gland.

    Robert P.C. Shiu;Henry G. Friesen

  • Studies of insulin, growth hormone and prolactin binding: ontogenesis, effects of sex and pregnancy.

    Paul A. Kelly;Barry I. Posner;Toshio Tsushima;Henry G. Friesen

  • Opioid peptides modulate luteinizing hormone secretion during sexual maturation

    Michael S. Blank;Alberto E. Panerai;Henry G. Friesen

  • Induction of a lactogenic receptor in rat liver: influence of estrogen and the pituitary.

    Barry I. Posner;Paul A. Kelly;Henry G. Friesen

  • Effect of apomorphine on growth hormone, prolactin, luteinizing hormone and follicle-stimulating hormone levels in human serum.

    Samarthji Lal;Charles E. De La Vega;Theodore L. Sourkes;Henry G. Friesen

  • Somatostatin and thyrotropin releasing hormone: central effect on sleep and motor system.

    Viktor Havlicek;Milan Rezek;Henry Friesen

  • TWO FORMS OF RAT PLACENTAL LACTOGEN REVEALED BY RADIOIMMUNOASSAY

    May C. Robertson;H.G. Friesen

  • Human Lactational and Ovarian Response to Endogenous Prolactin Release

    J. E. Tyson;H. G. Friesen;M. S. Anderson

  • Estrogen induction of N-myc and c-myc proto-oncogene expression in the rat uterus.

    Liam J. Murphy;Leigh C. Murphy;Henry G. Friesen

  • Characterization of the Two Forms of Rat Placental Lactogen (rPL): rPL-I and rPL-II*

    May C. Robertson;Brian Gillespie;Henry G. Friesen

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael J. Waters
Michael J. Waters University of Queensland
Paul A. Kelly
Paul A. Kelly Queen Mary University of London
James P. Hughes
James P. Hughes University of Washington
Barry I. Posner
Barry I. Posner McGill University
Alberto E. Panerai
Alberto E. Panerai University of Milan
Juhn A. Wada
Juhn A. Wada University of British Columbia
Robert J. Matusik
Robert J. Matusik Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Leigh C. Murphy
Leigh C. Murphy University of Manitoba
Nashaat N. Boutros
Nashaat N. Boutros Rush University
Maria L. Dufau
Maria L. Dufau National Institutes of Health

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