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What year were Gerty and Carl Cori designated a National Historic Chemical Landmark?
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In 2004, Gerty and Carl Cori's laboratory was designated a National Historic Chemical Landmark. The Coris were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1947 for their discovery of the Cori cycle, a metabolic pathway that converts lactic acid back into glucose. Their laboratory, located at Washington University in St. Louis, is now a museum that preserves the history of their groundbreaking research.
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