Topic

Diabetes--Treatment

Medical sciences

Scientists

Biochemistry

Nobel Prizes

Women scientists

Data Source

Smithsonian Institution Archives

Subject

Cori, C. F (Carl Ferdinand) 1896-1984

Cori, Gerty T (Gerty Theresa) 1896-1957

Washington University (Saint Louis, Mo.) School of Medicine

Date

1947

Notes

Also known as: [SPI_5804]

Summary

Biochemist Gerty Theresa Radnitz Cori (1896-1957) and her husband Carl Ferdinand Cori (1896-1984) were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine in 1947 for their work on how the human body metabolizes sugar.

Cite as

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Image #SIA2008-1291

Type

Black-and-white photographs

Local number

SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-1291]