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Sir James Whyte Black OM FRS FRSE FRCP (14 June 1924 – 22 March 2010 [2]) was a Scottish physician and pharmacologist. Together with Gertrude B. Elion and George H. Hitchings, he shared the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1988 for pioneering strategies for rational drug-design, which, in his case, lead to the development of propranolol and cimetidine.
Sir James Black (born June 14, 1924, Uddingston, Scot.—died March 21, 2010) was a Scottish pharmacologist who, along with George H. Hitchings and Gertrude B. Elion, received the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1988 for his development of two important drugs, propranolol and cimetidine.
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Mar 23, 2010 · Dr. James W. Black, a Scottish pharmacologist whose discovery of beta blockers and another class of drugs extended the lives of millions of people with heart and stomach disorders and...
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Apr 1, 2010 · James Black, Jim to his many friends and colleagues, shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1988 for pioneering research that led to two new classes of drug. Adrenergic β-blockers...
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James Black invented a new class of drugs to treat heart disease – beta blockers, and a new class of drugs to treat stomach ulcers – histamine antagonists. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1988.
Mar 23, 2010 · The Nobel prizewinning physician and pharmacologist Sir James Black, who has died aged 85, changed the face of medicine. Among his key discoveries were the drugs propranolol, the first...
Nov 11, 2020 · James Whyte Black was a Scottish pharmacologist who trained in medicine at St Andrews University and had a career in drug invention and academic pharmacology, moving several times between universities and the pharmaceutical industry.
