Alberto Houssay

Bernardo Alberto Houssay was the son of a French couple who had immigrated to Argentina. Though he sounds like an ordinary person, he is important. Why? He was one of eight children, but he was also the smartest. At the age of 14, he was admitted to the University of Buenos Aires. Three years later, at age 17, he went on to study medicine. He eventually became a doctor and, as a doctor, studied metabolism, the chemical process that helps keep us alive. During his research, he worked with diabetic dogs, dogs who had too much sugar in their blood. As a result of his studies, he discovered that pituitary gland plays a key role in diabetes. His discovery showed that the pituitary gland is responsible for the regulation of how much sugar the body