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Gerty Cori

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Also known as Gerty Theresa Cori, Gerty T. Cori, Gerty Theresa Radnitz

Austro-Hungarian-American biochemist (1896–1957)

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Gerty Cori was an Austro-Hungarian-American biochemist who lived from 1896 to 1957 and made important discoveries about how the body processes sugar and carbohydrates. Her work earned her recognition as a pioneering female scientist in a field dominated by men, and her research fundamentally advanced our understanding of metabolism and energy in living organisms.

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    · 2009 · cited 763x

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  • “I believe the benefits of two civilizations – a European education followed by the freedom and opportunities of this country – have been essential to whatever contributions I have been able to make to science.”

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Nobel Prize

  • The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine1947

    “for their discovery of the course of the catalytic conversion of glycogen”

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Gerty Cori with her husband and fellow-Nobelist, Carl Ferdinand Cori, in 1947.

Gerty Theresa Cori (née Radnitz; August 15, 1896 – October 26, 1957) was a Czech and American biochemist who in 1947 was the third woman to win a Nobel Prize in science, and the first woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, for her role in the "discovery of the course of the catalytic conversion of glycogen".

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