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Redox Pioneer: Professor Joe M. Mccord, David M. Schnell, Daret K. St Clair
Redox Pioneer: Professor Joe M. Mccord, David M. Schnell, Daret K. St Clair
Graduate Center for Nutritional Sciences Faculty Publications
Dr. Joe McCord (Ph.D. 1970) is recognized here as a Redox Pioneer because he has published at least three articles on antioxidant/redox biology as first/last author that have been cited over 1000 times and has published at least 37 articles each cited over 100 times. Dr. McCord is known for the monumental discovery of the antioxidant superoxide dismutase (SOD) while a graduate student under fellow redox pioneer Irwin Fridovich and demonstrating its necessity to aerobic life. Beyond this, McCord's career is distinguished for bridging the gap from basic science to clinical relevance by showing the application of SOD and superoxide …