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Gian Franco Bottazzo was born on 1 August, 1946 in Venice, Italy, is an Italian physician (1946–2017). Discover Gian Franco Bottazzo's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 71 years old?

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Occupation Physician
Age 71 years old
Zodiac Sign Leo
Born 1 August 1946
Birthday 1 August
Birthplace Venice, Italy
Date of death 15 September, 2017
Died Place Venice, Italy
Nationality Italy

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1946

Gian Franco Bottazzo (1 August 1946 – 15 September 2017) was an Italian physician who spent most of his career in London.

He was a prominent researcher in the field of diabetes and autoimmunity, and demonstrated that type 1 diabetes is associated with antibodies against beta cells.

Bottazzo was born in Venice in 1946, and attended medical school at the University of Padua.

He was a keen footballer, and came close to joining Venezia F.C. before deciding to focus on his studies instead.

As a medical student, he spent a summer at Middlesex Hospital in London under the tutelage of the immunologist Deborah Doniach.

1971

He graduated from Padua in 1971 and completed his training in allergy and clinical immunology at the University of Florence in 1974.

The same year, Bottazzo and Doniach published a landmark paper in The Lancet showing that type 1 diabetes is associated with antibodies against insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas, thus demonstrating the autoimmune nature of the disease.

1976

Bottazzo's wife was Lamya Al-Saqqaf, an immunologist from Kuwait whom he met in London in 1976; together they had one daughter.

1977

In 1977, Bottazzo became a lecturer in clinical immunology at Middlesex Hospital.

He also worked at the Medical College of St Bartholomew's Hospital in collaboration with Andrew Cudworth; together they published numerous studies, mostly on the human leukocyte antigen system.

1980

Bottazzo became a senior lecturer at Middlesex Hospital in 1980 and was an honorary consultant from 1980 until 1991, when he moved to the London Hospital Medical College as a professor and head of the department of immunology.

1982

He was awarded the Minkowski Prize by the European Association for the Study of Diabetes in 1982; he spent the prize money by inviting a group of friends and collaborators to a banquet in Budapest.

1986

In 1986, he was awarded the King Faisal International Prize in Medicine together with Lelio Orci and Albert Renold for contributions to the understanding of diabetes.

1992

He received the Banting Medal, the highest honour of the American Diabetes Association, in 1992.

1998

He returned to Italy in 1998 as the scientific director of Bambino Gesù Hospital in Rome.

Throughout his career, Bottazzo authored more than 300 research papers and 200 review articles and book chapters.

2017

He died in Venice in 2017, at the age of 71, from infective endocarditis.