The Cori cycle II. Sugar metabolism physiology in diabetes led to the enzymology of intermediary metabolism, then to the genetics of glycogen storage diseases, and finally to clinical diagnosis by enzyme assays of a liver biopsy. The Cori cycle and t
The Cori cycle. How glucose for muscle contraction is supplied from its storage as glycogen in liver and muscle. Well known by 1931 and having published many papers together with Gerty on the Cori cycle, it was Carl who was offered the Professorship
INTRODUCTION The spotlight on the biochemistry stage moves rapidly, leaving a star of yesterday in the dark and virtually forgotten. A substance, a procedure, or a biochemical event named after the star is eventually renamed and what seemed an assura
After nine generally happy and productive years in Buffalo, the Coris began to feel uncomfortable that their growing interest in carbohydrate metabolism did not fit the cancer research mission of the Institute. By 1931, they had developed a scientifi
Carl F. Cori (18961984) and Gerty T. Radnitz (18961957) received M. D. degrees from the German University in Prague in 1920 and later that year moved to Vienna where they were married. This was the beginning of a lifelong personal and professional co
Carbohydrate Metabolism: Glycogen Phosphorylase and the Work of Carl F. and Gerty T. Cori Robert D. Simoni , Robert L. Hill , and Martha Vaughan The Mechanism of Epinephrine Action. II. The Influence of Epinephrine and Insulin on the Carbohydrate Me
