Gerty Cori
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Gerty Theresa Cori 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
Cori in 1947
Gerty Cori with her husband and fellow-Nobelist, Carl Ferdinand Cori, in 1947.
National Science Board Members, July 1951 (Cori is second from the right, first row)
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The Nobel Prizes are awards administered by the Nobel Foundation and granted in accordance with the principle of "for the greatest benefit to humankind". The prizes were first awarded in 1901, marking
Gerty Cori
…and stored as a source of energy (known as the Cori cycle). They also identified the important catalyzing compound, the Cori ester. The Coris were the third ever married couple to win the Nobel Prize. In 2004, both Gerty and Carl Cori were designated a National Historic Chemical Landmark in recognition of their work in clarifying…
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The committee room of the Norwegian Nobel Committee