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Jun 03, 1873 Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany Died on 25 Dec 1961 (aged 88)
German pharmacologist
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About Otto Loewi
- Otto Loewi (3 June 1873 – 25 December 1961) was a German-born pharmacologist and psychobiologist who discovered the role of acetylcholine as an endogenous neurotransmitter.
- For his discovery he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1936, which he shared with Sir Henry Dale, who was a lifelong friend who helped to inspire the neurotransmitter experiment.
- Loewi met Dale in 1902 when spending some months in Ernest Starling's laboratory at University College, London.
