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Gerta T. Cori

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Gerta T. Cori (1896–1957) was a Czech-American biochemist born in Prague. Together with her husband Carl Cori, she discovered the mechanism of glycogen metabolism, for which they were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1947. She became the first woman to receive this Nobel Prize in that category.

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