James Whyte Black
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James Whyte Black was a Scottish pharmacologist and Nobel laureate renowned for developing the first beta-blockers and H2 receptor antagonists, revolutionizing the treatment of heart disease and peptic ulcers.
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| James Whyte Black canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Nobel laureate
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human ⓘ pharmacologist ⓘ scientist ⓘ |
| academicDegree | MB ChB ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Knight Bachelor
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Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award NERFINISHED ⓘ Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ⓘ Order of Merit ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | cancer ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Scotland
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1924-06-14 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2010-03-22 ⓘ |
| developed |
cimetidine
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practolol ⓘ propranolol ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Dundee (St Andrews medical school)
NERFINISHED
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University of St Andrews NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Imperial Chemical Industries
NERFINISHED
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King's College London NERFINISHED ⓘ Smith, Kline & French NERFINISHED ⓘ University College London NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Glasgow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Black NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
drug development
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pharmacology ⓘ |
| fullName | Sir James Whyte Black NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | James ⓘ |
| hasOccupation |
pharmacologist
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university professor ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | Sir ⓘ |
| influenced | modern rational drug design ⓘ |
| knownFor |
development of H2 receptor antagonists
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development of beta-adrenergic receptor blockers ⓘ revolutionizing treatment of heart disease ⓘ revolutionizing treatment of peptic ulcers ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Academia Europaea
NERFINISHED
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Royal Society ⓘ Royal Society of Edinburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobelPrizeCategory | Physiology or Medicine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobelPrizeSharedWith |
George H. Hitchings
NERFINISHED
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Gertrude B. Elion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobelPrizeYear | 1988 ⓘ |
| notableWork |
first clinically useful H2 receptor antagonists
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first clinically useful beta-blockers ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Uddingston, South Lanarkshire, Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | London, England ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Head of Physiology Department at University of Glasgow Veterinary School
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Professor of Analytical Pharmacology at University College London ⓘ Professor of Pharmacology at King's College London ⓘ |
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