Black, Sir James (Whyte)

Black, Sir James (Whyte)
born June 14, 1924, Uddingston, Scot.

Scottish pharmacologist.

Through studying interactions between receptors on cells and chemicals in the bloodstream that attach to them, Black developed the first of the beta-blocking drugs, to relieve angina pectoris. He used a similar approach to develop drugs for stomach and duodenal ulcers. He shared a 1988 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine with George H. Hitchings and Gertrude Elion.

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