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Cori, Carl Ferdinand |
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Cori, Carl Ferdinand, 1896–1984, and Gerty Theresa Cori (kōr`ē, kôr`ē), 1896–1957, American biochemists, b. Prague. Soon after receiving their medical degrees and marrying, they emigrated to the United States (1922), where they pursued their joint researches into the biochemical pathway by which glycogen glycogen (glī`kəjən) ..... Click the link for more information. , the storage form of sugar in liver and muscle, is broken down into glucose glucose, dextrose, or grape sugar, monosaccharide sugar with the empirical formula C6H12O6 . ..... Click the link for more information. . As part of this work, they also elucidated the molecular defects underlying a number of genetically determined glycogen storage diseases. For these discoveries the Coris received the 1947 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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