Bernardo Alberto Houssay

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1947

“for his discovery of the part played by the hormone of the anterior pituitary lobe in the metabolism of sugar”

Bernardo Alberto Houssay was an Argentine physiologist who studied the role of the anterior pituitary gland in sugar metabolism. He was awarded the 1947 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of the part played by the hormone of the anterior pituitary lobe in the metabolism of sugar. He was affiliated with the Institute for Biology and Experimental Medicine in Argentina.

Field

Medicine · Endocrinology

Lifespan

1887–1971