Alfred G. Gilman

Alfred Goodman Gilman (July 1, 1941 – December 23, 2015) was an American pharmacologist and biochemist.

Alfred G. Gilman
Born	Alfred Goodman Gilman (1941-06-01)June 1, 1941[1] New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.[1]
Died	December 24, 2015(2015-12-24) (aged 74) Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Nationality	American
Known for	G-proteins
Scientific career
Fields	pharmacologist
Institutions	Case Western Reserve University (MD-Ph.D., 1969)

He discovered G-proteins.^[1] For his discovery, Gilman won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1994. He shared the prize with Martin Rodbell^[1]

Gilman died of pancreatic cancer in Dallas, Texas on December 23, 2015 at the age of 74.^[2]