Carl Ferdinand Cori
Also known as Carl Cori
Czech Nobel prize laureate and scientist (1896–1984)
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Carl Ferdinand Cori was a Czech scientist who won the Nobel Prize and lived from 1896 to 1984. He made important contributions to science that earned him recognition as one of the leading researchers of his time.
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Carl Cori with his wife and fellow-Nobelist, Gerty Cori, in 1947 Carl Ferdinand Cori, ForMemRS (December 5, 1896 – October 20, 1984) 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 (animal starch) 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.
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1896 births1984 deaths20th-century American biochemists20th-century Austrian peopleAmerican fellows of the Royal SocietyAmerican Nobel laureatesAustrian biochemistsAustrian emigrants to the United StatesAustrian Nobel laureatesAustrian people of German Bohemian descentAustrian people of Italian descentBurials at Mount Auburn Cemetery