Chemist no. 316 of 350 · Biochemistry

Gerty Cori

1896-1957United StatesNobel Physiology/Medicine 1947

Cori cycle; glycogen metabolism

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Gerty Cori and the Cori Cycle: How the Body Recycles Glucose

How Gerty Cori and Carl Cori found the Cori cycle and the glucose-1-phosphate pathway of glycogen breakdown. Notes for JAM, NET and GATE.

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Gerty Cori: Complete Life and Legacy of a Pioneer Biochemist

Life of Gerty Cori (1896-1957): Prague childhood, career with Carl Cori, 1947 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, struggles and legacy.

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