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

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