Louis J. Ignarro

Louis J. Ignarro, Nobel Laureate

Born: 1941-05-31 in Brooklyn, NY, USA

Gender: male

Field: American pharmacologist

Biography

Louis Joseph Ignarro is an American pharmacologist. For demonstrating the signaling properties of nitric oxide, he was co-recipient of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Robert F. Furchgott and Ferid Murad.

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Nobel Prize Details

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1998

Awarded on: 1998-10-12

"for their discoveries concerning nitric oxide as a signalling molecule in the cardiovascular system"

Affiliations:

  • University of California School of MedicineLos Angeles, CA, USA