Bernardo Houssay
Bernardo Houssay
Bernardo Alberto Houssaywas an Argentine physiologist who, in 1947, received one half Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of the role played by pituitary hormones in regulating the amount of blood sugarin animals. He is the first Argentine and Latin American Nobel laureate in the sciences....
NationalityArgentinian
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth10 April 1887
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controlled functional production
The production and consumption of glucose, and hence, the blood sugar level, are controlled by a functional endocrine equilibrium.
accidental constant increase production rapidly
Production and consumption of carbohydrates is so well regulated that there is a constant blood sugar level; any accidental increase or fall in blood sugar is rapidly compensated.