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Otto Loewi

German phamacologist

Died when: 88 years 205 days (1062 months)
Star Sign: Gemini

 

Otto Loewi

Otto Loewi (German: ['?to? 'lø?vi]; 3 June 1873 – 25 December 1961) was a German-born pharmacologist and psychobiologist who discovered the role of acetylcholine as an endogenous neurotransmitter.

For his discovery he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1936, which he shared with Sir Henry Dale, who was a lifelong friend that helped to inspire the neurotransmitter experiment.

Loewi met Dale in 1902 when spending some months in Ernest Starling's laboratory at University College, London.


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