Anthony Allison

Quick Facts

Full Name	Anthony Allison
Occupation	Geneticist
Date Of Birth	Aug 21, 1925(1925-08-21)
Age	99
Date Of Death	February 20, 2014, Belmont, CA
Birthplace	East London
Country	South Africa
Birth City	Eastern Cape
Horoscope	Leo

Anthony Allison Biography

Anthony Allison is one of the most popular and richest Geneticist who was born on August 21, 1925 in East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Allison married Helen Green (7 February 1923 – 26 December 2011) while teaching at Oxford. After they had two sons, Miles and Joseph Mark, they soon divorced. By then Allison met an Argentinian biochemist, Elsie Eugui, a visiting scientist in his laboratory at the Clinical Research Centre. Allison found true partnership in profession as well as interest in Eugui, and married her. They were together for the rest of his life. They shared their passion in music, art, deep-sea fishing, hiking, bird-watching, and wine tasting.

Anthony Clifford Allison (21 August 1925 – 20 February 2014) was a South African geneticist and medical scientist who made pioneering studies on the genetic resistance to malaria. Clark completed his primary schooling in Kenya, completed his higher education in South Africa, and obtained a BSc in Medical Science from the University of the Witwatersrand in 1947. He earned his PhD from the University of Oxford in 1950. After working at the Radcliffe Infirmary for two years, he worked as post-doctoral student to Linus Pauling in 1954. After teaching medicine for three years at Oxford, he worked at the Medical Research Council in London. In 1978 he simultaneously worked at the International Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases (ILRAD) as its Director, and at the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Immunology Laboratory, both in Nairobi. He later became the Vice President for Research at Syntex Corporation (1981-1994).

Anthony Allison Net Worth

Anthony Allison is one of the richest Geneticist from South Africa. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Anthony Allison 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Allison was born in East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa. His father was a World War I British veteran and keen polo player, who left Britain in 1919 for better farming life in East Africa. His father had a chrysanthemum farm at Mawingo in upper Gilgil, Kenya, overlooking the Great Rift Valley, where he spent most of his childhood. He entered boarding school for his primary education. He returned to South Africa for higher education and obtained his BSc in Medical Science at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. In 1947 he entered Merton College, Oxford, from where he earned his DPhil with medical degree in 1952. He then found employment at the Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, where he worked for two years till 1954. However, most of his 1953 work was in Kenya. Receiving the George Herbert Hunt Travelling Scholarship for 1953, he joined the Nobel laureate Linus Pauling at the California Institute of Technology for post-doctoral research in 1954. He returned to England to take up teaching in medicine at University of Oxford. After three years in Oxford he was employed in the Medical Research Council in London, where he worked for twenty years. He first joined the MRC National Institute for Medical Research, and then the Clinical Research Centre. In 1978 he was appointed as Director of the International Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases (ILRAD) in Nairobi, Kenya. He simultaneously worked at the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Immunology Laboratory in Nairobi. In 1981, he became the Vice President for Research at Syntex Corporation at Palo Alto, California. As Syntex was acquired by Hoffman LaRoche in 1994, he was given retirement. He continued to teach human genetics at Stanford University and participated in many therapeutic programmes at Alavita Pharmaceuticals.

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In the 1970s while working at the Medical Research Council, Allison had investigated the biochemical cause of immune deficiency in children. He discovered the metabolic pathway involving an enzyme, inosine monophosphate dehydrogenase, which is responsible for undesirable immune response in autoimmune diseases, as well as for immune rejection in organ transplantation. He developed an idea that if a molecule that could block the enzyme is discovered, then, it would become an immunosuppressive drug for autoimmune diseases and organ transplantation. In 1981 he decided to go for drug discovery and approached several pharmaceutical companies, which turned him down one by one as he had no primary knowledge on drug research. However, Syntex liked his plans and asked him to join the company with his wife. He became Vice President for Research. In one of their experiments the Allisons used an antibacterial compound, mycophenolate mofetil, which was abandoned in clinical use due to its adverse effects. They discovered that the compound had immunosuppressive activity. They synthesised a chemical variant for increased activity and reduced adverse effects. They subsequently demonstrated that it was useful in organ transplantation in experimental rats. After successful clinical trials, the compound was approved for use in kidney transplant by the US Food and Drug Administration on 3 May 1995, and was commercialised under the brand name CellCept.

Facts & Trivia

Nteboheleng Ranked on the list of most popular Geneticist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in South Africa. Anthony Allison celebrates birthday on August 21 of every year.

What did Anthony Allison discover?

Physician researcher who showed the survival value of the sickle-cell trait. He was born in East London, South Africa, on Aug 21, 1925, and he died in Belmont, CA, USA, on Feb 10, 2014, aged 88 years.

What was Tony Allison's father's profession?

Allison was born in East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa. His father was a World War I British veteran and keen polo player , who left Britain in 1919 for better farming life in East Africa.

How did the sickle cell start?

The origin of the mutation that led to the sickle-cell gene derives from at least four independent mutational events, three in Africa and a fourth in either Saudi Arabia or central India. These independent events occurred between 3,000 and 6,000 generations ago, approximately 70-150,000 years.

WHY DID Tay Sachs evolve?

Tay–Sachs disease
Causes| Genetic (autosomal recessive)
Diagnostic method| Testing blood hexosaminidase A levels, genetic testing

How did Tony Allison's early life?

How did Tony Allison’s early life experiences in Kenya prepare him to make the discovery of the sickle cell-malaria link? He went on birding expeditions with a family friend. He also worked on archaeological digs, before contracting malaria and wanting to study medicine.