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  1. Bernardo Alberto Houssay (April 10, 1887 – September 21, 1971) was an Argentine physiologist. 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.

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  2. Biographical. B ernardo Alberto Houssay was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on April 10, 1887, one of the eight children of Dr. Albert and Clara ( née Laffont) Houssay, who had come to Argentina from France. His father was a barrister. His early education was at a private school, the Colegio Británico.

  3. Apr 6, 2024 · Bernardo Alberto Houssay was an Argentine physiologist and corecipient, with Carl and Gerty Cori, of the 1947 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine. He was noted for discovering how pituitary hormones regulate the amount of blood sugar (glucose) in animals.

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  4. Bernardo Alberto Houssay. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1947. Born: 10 April 1887, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Died: 21 September 1971, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Affiliation at the time of the award: Instituto de Biologia y Medicina Experimental (Institute for Biology and Experimental Medicine), Buenos Aires, Argentina.

  5. May 18, 2018 · Encyclopedia of World Biography. HOUSSAY, BERNARDO ALBERTO (b, Buenos Aires [1], Argentina, 10 April 1887; d. Buenos Aires [2]. 21 September 1971)physiology, pharmacology, medicine.Houssay was one of the most prominent and influential Latin American scientists of the twentieth century.

  6. Bernardo Houssay Nobel Lecture . Nobel Lecture, December 12, 1947. The Role of the Hypophysis in Carbohydrate Metabolism and in Diabetes. The nutritive substances used in greatest quantities by mammals are carbohydrates.

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  8. The pituitary gland influences a myriad of physiologic functions with extraordinary elegance. Shortly after the discovery of insulin, Argentinian science prodigy Bernardo Houssay elucidated the important role of the anterior pituitary, also called the adenohypophysis, in carbohydrate metabolism.

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