| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine |
| Year: | 1940 |
| Number: | 20 - 0 |
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Nominee 1:
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| Name: | Bernardo Alberto Houssay |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1887 |
| Year, Death: | 1971 |
| Profession: | prof physiology |
| University: | University of Buenos Aires |
| City: | Buenos Aires |
| Country: | ARGENTINA (AR) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1947 |
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Nominee 2:
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| Name: | Angel H Roffo |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1881 |
| Year, Death: | 1947 |
| Profession: | prof, head |
| University: | Institute of Biology and Experimental Medicine |
| City: | Buenos Aires |
| Country: | ARGENTINA (AR) |
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| Motivation: | B. Houssay: Influence of glands of internal secretion on control of carbohydrate storage and utilization; especially the physiological
importance of the pituitary gland for carbohydrate metabolism.
A. Roffo: clinical and experimental studies on cancer. |
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Nominator:
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| Name: | Eduardo Bello |
| Gender: | M |
| Profession: | prof medicine |
| University: | University of Lima |
| City: | Lima |
| Country: | PERU (PE) |
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