Date of Birth | 05-December-1896 | |
Place of Birth |
Kolkata (India, West Bengal, Kolkata district) |
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Nationality | United States of America, Austria, Austria-Hungary | |
Profession | Chemist | |
Carl Ferdinand Cori, ForMemRS was a Czech biochemist and pharmacologist born in Prague who, together with his wife Gerty Cori and Argentine physiologist Bernardo Houssay, received a Nobel Prize in 1947 for their discovery of how glycogen – a derivative of glucose – is broken down and resynthesized in the body, for use as a store and source of energy. In 2004 both were designated a National Historic Chemical Landmark in recognition of their work that elucidated carbohydrate metabolism. |
Awards by Carl Ferdinand Cori |
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