Alan Scott died on December 16 after suffering from an acute illness, reports NPR. His research focused on treating eye muscle disorders and led to the development of what is commercially known as Botox.
Born in Berkeley in 1932, Scott attended the University of California, Berkeley, where he earned a bachelor’s in medical sciences. He then continued studying medicine, completing his MD in 1956 at the University of California, San Francisco, according to the American Association for Pediatric Ophthamology and Strabismus. After graduating, he spent the next five years working in residencies in neurosurgery and ophthalmology at the University of Minnesota and Stanford University, respectively. For most of his research career, Scott worked at the Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute in San Francisco.
Scott’s most notable scientific contribution centered around the botulinum toxin produced by Clostridium botulinum bacteria, which causes the severe illness botulism. According to the Centers for Disease Control ...
