Björn Ekwall 1940 - 2000
A pioneer in the field of in vitro toxicology

Abstract

Björn Ekwall, MD, Ph.D., died on the 19th of August 2000 after a long illness. He was born in Uppsala in 1940. In 1960 he attended the Uppsala University Medical School and in 1969 he obtained his MD. After a short time as a G.P., he became lecturer at the Department of Anatomy at Uppsala University. Between 1970 and 1980 he worked for his Ph.D. in toxicology. His research consisted of large scale testing, or rather screening, of chemical toxicity for cultured cells in simple test systems. He made a first effort to evaluate the relevance of the cytotoxicity for human systemic toxicity. …