Gerty Theresa Radnitz Cori, MD — research (biochemistry)
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Twenty-five years after immigrating to the United States, Dr. Gerty Cori (1896–1957) became the first woman in America to win a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for research into the metabolism of carbohydrates. Dr. Cori and her husband worked as peers and collaborators for decades. Their research findings were important in developing treatments for diabetes.
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