Renata Laxova
Renata Laxova | |
|---|---|
| Born | 15 July 1931 |
| Died | 30 November 2020 (aged 89) Tucson, Arizona, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Brno |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Genetics |
| Institutions | University of Wisconsin–Madison |
Renata Laxova (July 15, 1931 – November 30, 2020) was a Czech American pediatric geneticist and a professor of genetics at the Departments of Pediatrics and Medical Genetics, Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin–Madison. She was the discoverer of the Neu-Laxová syndrome, a rare congenital abnormality involving multiple organs, with autosomal recessive inheritance.