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John Clements details the groundbreaking discovery of lung surfactant, which has saved millions of neonatal lives.

The expansion of lungs for oxygen exchange is facilitated by lung surfactant. The groundbreaking discovery of this substance was made by Dr. John Clements. In this Discovery Talk, Clements details his scientific journey, touching on his early research, the resistance he encountered in the field, and the discovery of lung surfactant, which has saved millions of neonatal lives.

Speaker Biography:
John A. Clements graduated from Weill Cornell Medical College in 1947. In 1949, he began service at the Medical Laboratories of the Army Chemical Center in Maryland, where he supervised Army-contracted research on lung physiology. Clements joined the faculty of the UCSF Cardiovascular Research Institute in 1959 and became emeritus faculty there in 2004.