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In Remembrance: Leon E. Rosenberg Died on July 22 2022

Leon E. Rosenberg, MD, passed away on July 22, 2022, at the age of 89. A physician and medical geneticist, Rosenberg was the first to recognize inherited disorders of vitamin B12, and to show that supplements of the vitamin could save the lives of affected children. He was founding chair of the Yale's Department of Human Genetics and served as dean of the medical school from 1984 to 1991.

The Yale School of Medicine posted a tribute on July 26, 2022.

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