| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine | |
| Year: | 1951 |
| Number: | 21 - 0 |
| Nominee 1: |
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| Name: | Charles Herbert Best |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1899 |
| Year, Death: | 1978 |
| Profession: | prof physiology |
| City: | Toronto |
| State: | ON |
| Country: | CANADA (CA) |
| Nominee 2: |
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| Name: | Vincent du Vigneaud |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1901 |
| Year, Death: | 1978 |
| Profession: | prof biochemistry |
| University: | Cornell University |
| City: | New York |
| State: | NY |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1955 | |
| Motivation: | Best: Work on insulin, choline and body lipid metabolism du Vigneaud: Transmethylation |
| Nominator: |
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| Name: | Bernardo Alberto Houssay |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1887 |
| Year, Death: | 1971 |
| Profession: | Nobel Laureate med 1947 |
| City: | Buenos Aires |
| Country: | ARGENTINA (AR) |