Dr. Murray E. Jarvik, 84; UCLA pharmacologist invented nicotine patch
Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - 02:07
in Biology & Nature
Dr. Murray E. Jarvik, the UCLA pharmacologist who showed that nicotine was the addictive factor in tobacco and invented the nicotine patch for smokers trying to quit, died Thursday at his home in Santa Monica.
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