Arthur D. Riggs, Ph.D., the world-renowned diabetes expert who developed the technology that led to the first human synthetic insulin for the treatment of diabetes, died March 23 after battling cancer. A biotechnology pioneer and a longtime leader at City of Hope, Riggs served as director emeritus of Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope and the Arthur Riggs Diabetes & Metabolism Research Institute at City of Hope.
Highlights
- Arthur D. Riggs, Ph.D., developed the technology that led to the first human synthetic insulin for the treatment of diabetes, died March 23 after battling cancer.
- A biotechnology pioneer and a longtime leader at City of Hope, Riggs served as director emeritus of Beckman Research Institute and the Arthur Riggs Diabetes & Metabolism Research Institute.
- Riggs was a bioteotechnologist at the University of Chicago’s World Health Organization.