Medicine: Biographies

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition Further reading

Carl Ferdinand Cori

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

Carl Ferdinand Cori 1896–1984, and Gerty Theresa Cori , 1896–1957, American biochemists, b. Prague. Soon after receiving their medical degrees and marrying, they emigrated to the United States (1922), where they pursued their joint researches into the biochemical pathway by which glycogen , the storage form of sugar in liver and muscle, is broken down into glucose . As part of this work, they also elucidated the molecular defects underlying a number of genetically determined glycogen storage diseases. For these discoveries the Coris received the 1947 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine.

Cite this article
Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography.

MLA
Chicago
APA

"Carl Ferdinand Cori." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

"Carl Ferdinand Cori." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Cori-Car.html

"Carl Ferdinand Cori." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Cori-Car.html

Learn more about citation styles

Cori, Carl Ferdinand

A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition | 2005 | | Copyright

Cori, Carl Ferdinand (1896–1984) and Cori, Gerty Teresa >(1896–1957) Czech‐born biochemists (husband and wife); discovered the importance of glucose phosphate in glucose metabolism, and the formation of lactic acid in muscle, and its conversion back to glucose in the liver (the Cori cycle); Nobel Prize 1947.

Cite this article
Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography.

MLA
Chicago
APA

DAVID A. BENDER. "Cori, Carl Ferdinand." A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

DAVID A. BENDER. "Cori, Carl Ferdinand." A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O39-CoriCarlFerdinndCrGrtyTrs.html

DAVID A. BENDER. "Cori, Carl Ferdinand." A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition. 2005. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O39-CoriCarlFerdinndCrGrtyTrs.html

Learn more about citation styles