| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine | 
| Year: | 1944 | 
| Number: | 1 - 0 | 
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| Nominee 1: 
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| Name: | Bernardo Alberto  Houssay | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1887 | 
| Year, Death: | 1971 | 
| Profession: | prof physiology | 
| University: | Institute of Biology and Experimental Medicine | 
| City: | Buenos Aires | 
| Country: | ARGENTINA (AR) | 
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1947 | 
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| Nominee 2: 
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| Name: | René J Dubos | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1901 | 
| Year, Death: | 1982 | 
| Profession: | Dr | 
| University: | Harvard Medical School | 
| City: | Cambridge | 
| State: | MA | 
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) | 
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| Motivation: | B. Houssay:  Influence of glands of internal secretion on control of carbohydrate storage and utilization; especially the physiological 
importance of the pituitary gland for carbohydrate metabolism.
R. Dubos:  Demonstrated that soil bacteria can destroy pathogenic bacteria. | 
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| Nominator: 
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| Name: | Walter B Cannon | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1871 | 
| Year, Death: | 1945 | 
| Profession: | prof physiology | 
| University: | Harvard Medical School | 
| City: | Cambridge | 
| State: | MA | 
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) | 
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