奧古斯都·奧登

奧古斯都·奧登（Augusto Daniel Odone，），世界銀行經濟學家，其兒子是罕見疾病腎上腺腦白質失養症（ALD）的患者羅倫佐·奧登。他們研發出飲用三油酸甘油酯（glycerol trioleate）與三芥子酸甘油脂（glycerol trierucate）的混合油的療法，這種油後來便稱為「羅倫佐的油」。有一部同名電影《羅倫佐的油》來描述羅倫佐的故事。

奧古斯都·奧登獲得斯特靈大學名譽博士學位。他繼續籌集資金，推動科學專案直到他去世為止。

參考
參考文獻
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Vedantam, Shankar. "A Real-Life Sequel to 'Lorenzo's Oil'; After His Death, Scientist's Work May Bear Fruit." The Washington Post*. January 28, 2007.

延伸閱讀

• [https://web.archive.org/web/20080114193027/http://www.myelin.org/en/cms/?74 Remembering Michaela], an article by Augusto Odone
• [http://www.myelin.org/ The Myelin Project]
• [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/27/AR2007012701542_pf.html Real-Life Sequel to Lorenzo's Oil] Describes the death of , the doctor who worked with the Odones, and his later work to develop a test that would spot ALD in newborn babies.

外部連結
*[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/2062622/Obituary-Lorenzo-Odone.html Lorenzo Odone] - Daily Telegraph obituary