Hugo Theorell Biography

Hugo Theorell biography

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NAME: Hugo Theorell
OCCUPATION: Biologist
BIRTH DATE: July 06, 1903
DEATH DATE: August 15, 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH: Linköping, Sweden
PLACE OF DEATH: Stockholm, Sweden
Full Name: Axel Hugo Theodor Theorell

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Nobel prize winning biochemist Axel Hugo Theodor Theorell 's study of enzymes led to an understanding of how organisms use nutrients to make usable energy.

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Swedish biochemist Axel Hugo Theodor Theorell was born July 6, 1903, in Linköping, Sweden. His study of enzymes that facilitate oxidation reactions in living cells contributed to the understanding of enzyme action and led to the discovery of the ways in which nutrients are used by organisms to produce usable energy. He won the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1955.

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