In Memoriam of George Preti, PhD, TMAU expert

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Our whole TMAU community grieves the passing of George Preti, PhD, Organic Chemist who was a loved member of the Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He passed away on March 3, 2020 at the age of 75, following a battle with bladder cancer.

For decades, Dr. Pretti was a longtime Principal Investigator who led TMAU research and provided support to patients with TMAU testing, counseled sufferers on dietary approaches to reduce TMAU symptoms with strategies and coping mechanisms, and often for years.

As noted in Wikipedia in his honor,

For more than four decades, his research focused on the nature, origin, and functional significance of human odors. Dr. Preti's laboratory has identified characteristic underarm odorants,[1] and his later studies centered upon a bioassay-guided approach to the identification of human pheromones, odors diagnostic of human disease, human malodor identification and suppression and examining the “odor-print” of humans.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Preti

April 2017

Dr. Preti also did a couple of webinars sponsored by RareConnect for our TMAU community on the “Causes of Variability in TMA Odor Intensity” (April 2017)
https://www.meboblog.com/2017/04/webinar-causes-of-variability-in-tma.html

February 2013

and “Trimethylaminuria: history, diagnosis and genetics” (February 2013)
https://www.meboblog.com/2013/02/5th-tmau-webinar-fennessey-preti-reed.html


In Memoriam, George Preti, PhD, Monell Center: http://www.monell.org/george_preti_tribute_hidden_disease_early_diagnoses

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/01/science/george-preti-dead.html

We will miss the support Dr. Preti has provided the TMAU community throughout his career, and we look forward to continue with a long-lasting relationship with the Monell Chemical Senses Center.

María

María de la Torre
Founder and Executive Director

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