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Maud Menten

Maud Leonora Menten (March 20, 1879 - July 26, 1960) was a medical scientist who made significant contributions to enzyme kinetics and histochemistry. Her name is associated with the famous Michaelis-Menten equation.

Maud Menten was born in Port Lambton, Ontario, and earned her doctorate degree in medicine at University of Toronto in 1913. She was among the first women in Canada to earn a medical doctorate. In 1913, she first worked with Leonor Michaelis in Germany and then continued her career at University of Pittsburgh where she was part of the Department of Pathology from 1918 to 1950.

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