Gerty Cori
Gerty Theresa Cori (née Radnitz; 15 August 1896 – 26 October 1957) wis a Czech-American biochemist wha beame the third wumman—an first American woman—tae win a Nobel Prize in science, an the first woman tae be awairdit the Nobel Prize in Pheesiology or Medicine.
 Gerty Cori | |
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 Gerty Cori in 1947 | |
| Born | Gerty Theresa Radnitz 15 August 1896 Prague, Austro-Hungarian Empire |
| Dee'd | 26 October 1957 (aged 61) Glendale, Missouri, USA |
Cause o daith | Myelosclerosis |
| Residence | Unitit States |
| Naitionality | Austrick-Hungarian |
| Ither names | Gerty Theresa Cori |
| Citizenship | Unitit States |
| Alma mater | Karl-Ferdinands-Universität in Prague |
| Thrift | Biochemist |
| Kent for | Extensive resairch on carbohydrate metabolism; descrived the Cori cycle; identified Glucose 1-phosphate |
| Hauf-marrae(s) | Carl Ferdinand Cori (m. 1920–1957) |
| Awairds | Mony awairds an recognitions, includin Nobel Prize in Pheesiology or Medicine (1947) Garvan–Olin Medal (1948) |