Dr. Gerty Theresa Radnitz Cori and Carl Ferdinand Cori in the Lab

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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.

Image courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution.

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Jewish Women's Archive. "Dr. Gerty Theresa Radnitz Cori and Carl Ferdinand Cori in the Lab." (Viewed on May 12, 2024) <http://jwa.org/media/dr-gerty-theresa-radnitz-cori>.