https://jeltsch.org/en/tags/judah-folkman/Recent content in Judah Folkman on Michael’s DomainHugoen-usCopyright © 2002 - 2026 Michael Jeltsch.Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:18:18 +0300https://jeltsch.org/en/folkman/Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0000https://jeltsch.org/en/folkman/<p>Judah Folkman died of a heart attack at Denver airport on January 14. He was in transit to a conference in Vancouver. His importance for the field of vascular biology cannot be overstated; the web is full of his obituaries ( <a href="https://www.thelancet.com/article/S0140-6736%2808%2960191-9/fulltext" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">The Lancet&nbsp; <svg class="svg-inline--fa fas fa-up-right-from-square fa-2xs" fill="currentColor" aria-hidden="true" role="img" viewBox="0 0 512 512" overflow="visible"><use href="#fas-up-right-from-square"></use></svg></a> , <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/451781a" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Nature&nbsp; <svg class="svg-inline--fa fas fa-up-right-from-square fa-2xs" fill="currentColor" aria-hidden="true" role="img" viewBox="0 0 512 512" overflow="visible"><use href="#fas-up-right-from-square"></use></svg></a> , <a href="https://www.cell.com/fulltext/S0092-8674%2808%2900121-9" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Cell&nbsp; <svg class="svg-inline--fa fas fa-up-right-from-square fa-2xs" fill="currentColor" aria-hidden="true" role="img" viewBox="0 0 512 512" overflow="visible"><use href="#fas-up-right-from-square"></use></svg></a> just to link a few). I personally met him first when he acted as an opponent in Arja Kaipainen&rsquo;s PhD thesis defense in spring 1997. Dear Nobel prize committee: You were again waiting too long.</p>