Daniel Bovet
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Daniel Bovet was an Italian-Swiss pharmacologist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discoveries concerning synthetic compounds that block the effects of certain natural substances in the body. His work laid important groundwork for developing new medicines, particularly antihistamines and drugs affecting the nervous system.
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Daniel Bovet ForMemRS (23 March 1907 – 8 April 1992) was a Swiss-born Italian pharmacologist who won the 1957 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of drugs that block the actions of specific neurotransmitters. He is best known for his discovery in 1937 of antihistamines, which block the neurotransmitter histamine and are used in allergy medication. His other research included work on chemotherapy, sulfa drugs, the sympathetic nervous system, the pharmacology of curare, and other neuropharmacological interests.
In 1965, Bovet led a study team which concluded that smoking of tobacco cigarettes increased users' intelligence. He told The New York Times that the object was not to "create geniuses, but only [to] put the less-endowed individual in a position to reach a satisfactory mental and intellectual development".
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1907 births1992 deathsAcademic staff of the Sapienza University of RomeAcademic staff of the University of SassariForeign members of the Royal SocietyFrench fellows of the Royal SocietyItalian EsperantistsItalian fellows of the Royal SocietyItalian neuroscientistsItalian Nobel laureatesMembers of the French Academy of SciencesNational Research Council (Italy) people