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Carl Ferdinand Cori

Carl Ferdinand Cori
Carl Ferdinand Cori, Czech-American biochemist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1984)

Carl Ferdinand Cori, ForMemRS was a Czech-American biochemist and pharmacologist. He, together with his wife Gerty Cori and Argentine physiologist Bernardo Houssay, received a Nobel Prize in 1947 for their discovery of how the glucose derivative glycogen is broken down and resynthesized in the body for use as a store and source of energy. In 2004, both Coris were designated a National Historic Chemical Landmark in recognition of their work that elucidated carbohydrate metabolism.

5 December 1896

Born on the same birth date (5 December 1896): Ann Nolan Clark

Born on the same birth day (5 December): Alf Dubs, Baron DubsBrian Lewis (sprinter)Gershom ScholemGiuseppe de MajoJoanna RowsellJosé CuraJózef PiłsudskiKevin HallerMarcus DalyMatthew Taylor (political strategist)Michel'leNick StahlPaula PattonRonnie O'SullivanTina Charles (basketball)

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