Daniel Bovet
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Daniel Bovet was a Swiss-born Italian pharmacologist who achieved fame for his discovery of chemotherapeutic agents that inhibited the action of certain body substances on the vascular system and skeletal muscles. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1957 for this work. Bovet is best known for his discovery of antihistamines in 1937, which block the neurotransmitter histamine and are used in allergy medication. In 1947, he developed gallamine and succinylcholine, low-cost alternatives to the expensive and unpredictable drug curare, which is used to relax muscles during surgery. Throughout his career, Bovet held several academic positions, including Chief of the Laboratory of Therapeutic Chemistry of the Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, professor of pharmacology at the University of Sassari, head of the psychobiology and psychopharmacology laboratory of the National Research Council in Rome, and professor of psychobiology at the University of Rome.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Who is it? Pharmacologist
Birth Day March 23, 1907
Birth Place Fleurier, Switzerland, Italian
Age 113 YEARS OLD
Died On 8 April 1992(1992-04-08) (aged 85)\nRome, Italy
Birth Sign Aries
Residence Italy
Awards Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1957)
Fields Pharmacology

💰 Net worth

Daniel Bovet, widely recognized as an Italian pharmacologist, is projected to have a net worth ranging between $100,000 and $1 million by the year 2024. With his significant contributions to the field of pharmacology, Bovet has established his reputation as a prominent figure in the scientific community. Renowned for his groundbreaking research and discoveries, he has played a pivotal role in revolutionizing the understanding and development of drugs. As an esteemed pharmacologist, Bovet's net worth reflects the value and impact of his influential work in the field of medicine and his contribution to society as a whole.

Biography/Timeline

1927

Bovet was born in Fleurier, Switzerland. He was a native Esperanto speaker. He graduated from the University of Geneva in 1927 and received his doctorate in 1929. Beginning in 1929 until 1947 he worked at the Pasteur Institute in Paris. He then moved in 1947 to the Istituto Superiore di Sanità (Superior Institute of Health) in Rome. In 1964, he became a professor in at the University of Sassari in Italy. From 1969 to 1971, he was the head of the Psychobiology and Psychopharmacology Laboratory of the National Research Council, in Rome, before stepping down to become a professor at the University of Rome La Sapienza. He retired in 1982.

1965

In 1965, Bovet led a study team which concluded that smoking of tobacco cigarettes increased users' intelligence. He told The New York Times that the object was not to "create geniuses, but only [to] put the less-endowed individual in a position to reach a satisfactory mental and intellectual development".

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