Bernardo Houssay
1887 – 1971 · Argentina · Medicine
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1947
First Latin American science laureate; pituitary role in glucose metabolism.
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- Frederick Banting
1891 – 1941 · Medicine
Houssay's pituitary–pancreas experiments extended insulin physiology into endocrine regulation.
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