Up for auction the "Nobel Prize in Medicine" Hugo Theorell Signed 3X5 Card Display. This item is certified authentic by JGAutographs and comes with their Certificate of Authenticity.ES-843AAxel Hugo Theodor Theorell ForMemRS (6July 1903 – 15 August 1982) was a Swedish scientist and Nobel Prize laureate in medicine. He was bornin Linköping as the son of Thure Theorell and his wifeArmida Bill. Theorell went to Secondary School at Katedralskolan inLinköping and passed his examination there on 23 May 1921. In September, hebegan to study medicine at the Karolinska Institute andin 1924 he graduated as a Bachelor of Medicine. He then spent three monthsstudying bacteriology atthe Pasteur Institute in Paris underProfessor Albert Calmette. In 1930he obtained his M.D. degree with a theory on the lipids of the blood plasma,and was appointed professor in physiological chemistry at the KarolinskaInstitute. Theorell, who dedicated his entire career to enzyme research,received the Nobel Prizein Physiology or Medicine in 1955 for discovering oxidoreductase enzymes and their effects. Hiscontribution also consisted of the theory of the toxic effects of sodiumfluoride on the cofactors of crucial human enzymes. He was a head of research ofthe Nobel Institute, the first researcher related to the Institute to beawarded a Nobel Prize. His work had led to pioneering progress on ADH enzymes,which break down alcohol in the kidney. His work won praise in Sweden as wellas around the world. He received honorary degrees at universities in France, Belgium, Brazil and the United States. Theorell died in Stockholm and is interredin Norra begravningsplatsen (TheNorthern Cemetery) alongside his wife, Elin Margit Elisabeth (née Alenius)Theorell, a distinguished pianist and harpsichordist who died in 2002.Powered by ExportYourStore