(1873 - 1961)
Otto Loewi was born in 1873 in Frankfort, Germany. A
pharmacologist, he investigated how vital organs respond to chemical and
electrical stimulation, and established their dependence on certain
proteins for proper function. As a result, he learned how nerve impulses
are transmitted by chemical messengers. His findings helped advance medical
therapy and earned him the 1936 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine.
Sources: Dor LeDor