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The Disciple of Bonding
New York, United States · isolated 1949 · synthesized 1953
Oxytocin is a hormone involved in uterine contractions and milk ejection. Its role in social behavior helped earn it the nickname “love hormone,” but that nickname oversimplifies the science. Medical oxytocin has specific obstetric uses that require clinical supervision.
The bonding nickname is memorable, but contractions and milk ejection are the firmer scientific foundation. Honor the hormone’s real achievements without turning its social reputation into a promise of better relationships.
Vincent du Vigneaud’s team at Cornell isolated oxytocin in 1949 and announced its synthesis in 1953. Making a biologically active hormone in the laboratory was a landmark in peptide chemistry. Cornell’s historical account describes the work and its connection to his 1955 Nobel Prize.
Oxytocin found six brilliant people working in six separate corners. She moved every chair into one circle, warmed the coffee, and by dawn everyone was sharing data they had planned to hoard forever.
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