James Black

Also known as Sir James Whyte Black, James Whyte Black, Sir James Black, J. Black, J.W. Black

Scottish doctor and pharmacologist (1924–2010)

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James Black was a Scottish doctor and pharmacologist who made breakthrough discoveries in drug design that transformed how medicines are created. His work earned him the Nobel Prize and has saved countless lives by leading to new treatments for heart disease, ulcers, and other common conditions.

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Works: 52

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Origin: United Kingdom
Active from: 1968-09
Active to: 2025-07-05

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The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews
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Fiji: an open-source platform for biological-image analysis
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SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
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Structural equation modeling in practice: A review and recommended two-step approach.
· 1988 · cited 31,279x

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date of birth: 1924-06-14
date of death: 2010-03-21
Commons category: James Black (pharmacologist)
name in native language: James Whyte Black
birth name: James Whyte Black

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Sir James Whyte Black (14 June 1924 – 22 March 2010) was a Scottish physician and pharmacologist. Together with Gertrude B. Elion and George H. Hitchings, he shared the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1988 for pioneering strategies for rational drug-design, which, in his case, led to the development of propranolol and cimetidine. Black established a Veterinary Physiology department at the University of Glasgow, where he became interested in the effects of adrenaline on the human heart. He went to work for ICI Pharmaceuticals in 1958 and, while there, developed propranolol, a beta blocker used for the treatment of heart disease. Black was also responsible for the development of cimetidine, an H2 receptor antagonist, a drug used to treat stomach ulcers.

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