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Dieter Gallwitz
Dieter Gallwitz is a German molecular biologist who discovered the yeast Ypt/Rab-GTPases, key regulators of vesicle trafficking, and directed a Max Planck Institute department in Göttingen.
Dieter Häussinger
Dieter Häussinger, born 1951 in Nördlingen, is a German hepatologist who discovered the liver's intercellular glutamine cycle, shaped the modern concept of hepatic encephalopathy, and directed Düsseldorf University Hospital's gastroenterology clinic from 1994 to 2020.
Dieter Oesterhelt
Dieter Oesterhelt (1940–2022) was a German biochemist who discovered bacteriorhodopsin, the first known microbial rhodopsin, laying the basis for optogenetics and winning the 2021 Albert Lasker Award.
Dieter Söll
Dieter Söll is a German-born biochemist and molecular biologist at Yale University who studies transfer RNA and pioneered expanding the genetic code with new amino acids.
Diethard Tautz
Diethard Tautz, born 1957, is a German evolutionary and developmental biologist who directed the Department of Evolutionary Genetics at the Max Planck Institute in Plön from 2007 to 2023.
Diethatyl
Diethatyl (diethatyl-ethyl, BAY NNT 6867, 乙酰甲草胺), obsolete chloroacetanilide pre-emergence herbicide first reported 1972; lipid biosynthesis inhibitor (HRAC K3), not EU-approved since 2002, WHO class O.
Diether Lambrechts
Diether Lambrechts is a Belgian epigenetics and cancer biologist who heads the Laboratory of Translational Genetics at VIB-KU Leuven, known for showing that tumor hypoxia alters DNA methylation by reducing TET enzyme activity.
Diethofencarb
Diethofencarb (CAS 87130-20-9) is a Sumitomo Chemical carbamate fungicide against Botrytis cinerea gray mold, exploiting negatively correlated cross-resistance with benzimidazole-resistant strains; EU approval expired 31 May 2021, banana import tolerance remains.
Diethyldithiocarbamate
Diethyldithiocarbamate (DDC) is a sulfur-containing chelating ligand and the principal active metabolite of disulfiram, whose sodium salt is the chelating antidote for acute nickel carbonyl poisoning.
Diethylpropion
Diethylpropion (amfepramone; Tenuate, Regenon) is a sympathomimetic anorectic prodrug of ethcathinone, FDA-approved in 1959 for short-term obesity treatment, Schedule IV controlled, withdrawn from the EU market in 2023.
Diethylstilbestrol
Diethylstilbestrol (DES) is a synthetic estrogen first made in 1938, prescribed to prevent miscarriage from the 1940s to the 1970s until it was found to cause cancer.
Diethylstilbestrol diphosphate
Diethylstilbestrol diphosphate (fosfestrol, DESP; brands Stilphostrol, Honvan) is the diphosphate ester prodrug of the synthetic estrogen DES, used mainly for prostate cancer; discontinued in the US, thrombosis is a key toxicity.
Diethylstilbestrol syndrome
Diethylstilbestrol syndrome (DES syndrome, ICD-11 LB44.6) is a malformative syndrome in children and grandchildren of women given the synthetic estrogen DES during pregnancy, causing clear cell adenocarcinoma, reproductive tract malformations, infertility, and preterm birth across generations.
Dieting
Dieting, also called a diet plan, is the deliberate restriction of food intake to lose body weight, using calorie counting, macronutrient manipulation, intermittent fasting, or meal replacements.
Dietitian
A Dietitian is a regulated health professional applying the science of nutrition to human health and disease through assessment and treatment; the professional body began in 1917.
Dietmar Schmitz
Dietmar Schmitz is a German physician and neuroscientist, professor at Charité Berlin since 2005 and DZNE site speaker, known for work on synaptic plasticity and optogenetics.
Dietmar Schmucker
Dietmar Schmucker is a German molecular neuroscientist at the University of Bonn known for discovering in 2000 that the Drosophila Dscam receptor generates tens of thousands of isoforms.
Dietmar Vestweber
Dietmar Vestweber (born 1956 in Wuppertal) is a German cell biologist known for his work on VE-cadherin, controlling leukocyte extravasation and vascular permeability. He received the Leibniz Prize in 1998.
Dietmar Voges
Dietmar Voges is a biochemist, first author of the 1999 Annual Review of Biochemistry review of the 26S proteasome that the Nobel Committee cited in 2004.
Dietmar W. Hutmacher
Dietmar W. Hutmacher is a biomedical engineer and Distinguished Professor at Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, known for regenerative medicine and 3D-printed bone scaffolds, and co-founder of Osteopore.
Dietrich H. Bodenstein
Dietrich H. Bodenstein (1908–1984) was a German-born American insect physiologist and developmental biologist known for demonstrating how hormones control molting and metamorphosis in insects, and was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1958.
Dietrich Hoffmann
Dietrich Hoffmann was an American cancer researcher who spent his career on tobacco carcinogenesis, co-identifying the carcinogen NNK and creating the standard "Hoffmann analytes" lists of smoke toxicants.
Dietrich Keppler
Dietrich Keppler, born 1940, is a German physician-scientist and biochemist known for defining leukotrienes and discovering ATP-dependent MRP export pumps at Heidelberg's German Cancer Research Center.
Dietrich Suck
Dietrich Suck is a structural biologist and X-ray crystallographer known for the crystal structure of DNase I, who led a research group at EMBL Heidelberg from 1982 to 2009.
Dieulafoy's lesion
Dieulafoy's lesion, also called exulceratio simplex or caliber-persistent artery, is an abnormally large submucosal GI artery that erodes through mucosa and causes sudden severe bleeding, mostly near the gastroesophageal junction, treated endoscopically.
Difamilast
Difamilast (MM-36, OPA-15406), brand ADQUEY, is a topical PDE-4 inhibitor ointment for mild-to-moderate atopic dermatitis; first approved in Japan 2021, in the US 2026, dosed twice daily.
Difelikefalin
Difelikefalin (CR845; Korsuva, Kapruvia) is a synthetic peptide kappa-opioid receptor agonist, given IV 0.5 mcg/kg after hemodialysis three times weekly, approved in 2021 (US) and 2022 (EU) for moderate-to-severe chronic kidney disease-associated pruritus in adults on hemodialysis.
Difemerine
Difemerine (difemerin, Luostyl) is a synthetic tertiary-amine anticholinergic antispasmodic, ATC A03AA09, formula C20H25NO3, withdrawn in Germany in 1986 for frequent adverse effects.
Difenacoum
Difenacoum (CAS 56073-07-5), a second-generation 4-hydroxycoumarin anticoagulant rodenticide first described in 1975; inhibits vitamin K epoxide reductase, killing rats and mice, with resistance and secondary-poisoning concerns.
Difenoconazole
Difenoconazole (CAS 119446-68-3), a systemic triazole (DMI) fungicide inhibiting fungal CYP51 ergosterol synthesis; sold as Dividend, Inspire Super; EU-approved to 2026, top-15 fungicide, persistent in soil.