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| Born | March 23, 1907 Fleurier, Switzerland |
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| Died | April 8, 1992 (aged 85) |
| Residence | Italy |
| Nationality | Swiss |
| Fields | Pharmacology |
| Notable awards | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1957) |
Daniel Bovet (March 23, 1907 – April 8, 1992) was a Swiss-born Italian pharmacologist who won the 1957 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of drugs that block the actions of specific neurotransmitters. He is best known for his discovery in 1937 of antihistamines, which block the neurotransmitter histamine and are used in allergy medication. His other research included work on chemotherapy, sulfa drugs, the sympathetic nervous system, the pharmacology of curare, and other neuropharmacological interests.
Bovet was born in Fleurier, Switzerland. He was one of the few people who learned Esperanto as a first language. He graduated from the University of Geneva in 1927 and received his doctorate in 1929. Beginning in 1929 until 1947 he worked at the Pasteur Institute in Paris. He then moved in 1947 to the Istituto Superiore di Sanità (Superior Institute of Health) in Rome. In 1964, he became a professor in at the University of Sassari in Italy. From 1969 to 1971, he was the head of the National Research Council in Rome before stepping down to become a professor at the University of Rome La Sapienza. He retired in 1982.
References
- Nobel Lectures, Physiology or Medicine 1942-1962, Elsevier Publishing Company, Amsterdam, 1964
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| NAME | Bovet, Daniel |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Swiss pharmacologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 23, 1907 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Neuchâtel, Switzerland |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 8, 1992 |
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