Lina Stern
Soviet biochemsit
Died when: 89 years 194 days (1074 months)Star Sign: Virgo
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Lina Solomonovna Stern (or Shtern; Russian: ???? ??????????? ?????; 26 August 1878 – 7 March 1968) was a Soviet biochemist, physiologist and humanist whose medical discoveries saved thousands of lives at the fronts of World War II.
She is best known for her pioneering work on the blood–brain barrier, which she described as hemato-encephalic barrier in 1921.
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