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Black Woman Discovers Lifestyle Can Affect Heart Health​


Date: 1958​


Who: Marie M. Daly​


Where: Columbia University, New York City​


What: Dr. Marie M. Daly was a biochemist and the first Black woman to obtain a Ph.D. in chemistry in the United States. She made several critical contributions to medicine, including the discovery of the relationship between high cholesterol and heart disease and conducting pioneering research into the effects of cigarette smoke on the lungs. Her work created a new understanding of how food, diet, and lifestyle can affect heart health.​


Learn more : Marie M. Daly — From a Love of Science to a Legacy of Discoveries - Science in the News (harvard.edu)​



Daly, M. M., & Mirsky, A. E. (1952). Formation of protein in the pancreas. The Journal of General Physiology, 36(2), 243.​


Daly, M. M., Allfrey, V. G., & Mirsky, A. E. (1955). SYNTHESIS OF PROTEIN IN THE PANCREAS: III. UPTAKE OF GLYCINE-N15BY THE TRYPSINOGEN AND CHYMOTRYPSINOGEN OF MOUSE PANCREAS. The Journal of General Physiology, 39(2), 207.​


Allfrey, V., Daly, M. M., & Mirsky, A. E. (1953). Synthesis of protein in the pancreas: II. The role of ribonucleoprotein in protein synthesis. The Journal of general physiology, 37(2), 157-175.

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