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- Birth nameÉmile Blum
- Etienne-Emile Beaulieu was born on December 12, 1926 in Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, France. He was married to Simone Harari Baulieu and Yolande. He died on May 30, 2025 in Paris, France.
- SpousesSimone Harari Baulieu(2016 - May 30, 2025) (his death)Yolande(? - 2015) (her death, 2 children)
- ParentsLéon Blum
- RelativesSuzanne de Brunhoff(Sibling)Pierre Lévy(Cousin)
- In the United States, he was distinguished with the Albert Lasker Prize, the highest American scientific distinction.
- In 2008, he founded the Baulieu Institute to understand, prevent and treat neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease. His research targets the Tau protein with another protein, FKBP52, which he had discovered and which is naturally present in the body.
- Particularly known for his development in 1982 of the RU 486. This abortion pill revolutionizes the lives of millions of women around the world by offering them the possibility of a voluntary termination of drug pregnancy. However, his development became the target of anti-abortion movements.
- Doctor of medicine (1955) and doctor of science (1963), endocrinologist, he founded in 1963 the research unit 33 at the National Institute of Health and Medical Research (Inserm), for work on hormones, which he directed until 1997 and in which he worked until the end.
- Awarded the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor and Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit.
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