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Bernardo Houssay
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Bernardo Alberto Houssay | |
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Statue of Bernardo Houssay | |
Born | 10 April, 1887 Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Died | 21 September, 1971 Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Fields | Physiology |
Institutions | Institute for Biology and Experimental Medicine, Buenos Aires |
Alma mater | University of Buenos Aires |
Notable awards | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1947) |
Bernardo Houssay (10 April, 1887 — 21 September, 1971) was an Argentine doctor.[1] He won the 1947 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, along with Carl Ferdinand Cori and Gerty Cori for finding out how hormones use sugar.[2]
References
- ↑ "Biography of Bernardo Houssay". The Nobel Foundation. http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1947/houssay.html. Retrieved 2011-07-17.
- ↑ "The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1947" (in English). The Nobel Foundation. http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1947/index.html. Retrieved 2011-07-17.