
Gerty Cori
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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". Cori was born in Prague, the capital of Bohemia within the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Growing up at a time when women were marginalized and allowed few educational oppo
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Great Women of Science: Gerty Cori, First American Woman to Win Nobel Prize in Science - American Council on Science and Health
DIfE: Successful First Open Day at the Gerty Cori House - DZD - Deutsches Zentrum für Diabetesforschung
Meet Gerty Cori, the Nobel-winning biochemist who uncovered how the body stores and consumes sugars