The Saga of Bernardo Houssay
Category
Scientists & Inventors
Era / Tenure
Active Era
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#118 in Scientists & Inventors
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ORIGINS & BACKGROUND
Profile & Early Foundations
Bernardo Alberto Houssay (April 10, 1887 – September 21, 1971) was an Argentinian physiologist.
THE JOURNEY & BREAKTHROUGHS
Major Works & Significant Milestones
Houssay was a co-recipient of the 1947 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for discovering the role played by pituitary hormones in regulating the amount of glucose in animals, sharing the prize with Carl Ferdinand Cori and Gerty Cori.
Key Milestone & Career Defining Moment
He is the first Latin American Nobel laureate in the sciences.
