James black biography

Black started in the physiology department at the University of Glasgow. While there, he became interested in how adrenaline affected the human heart.

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He went to work for ICI Pharmaceuticals in While working for ICI, he created propranolol. Propranolol is a beta blocker , used to treat heart disease. Black also created cimetidine. It is a drug used to treat stomach ulcers. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in for creating these drugs. Black was born in Uddingston , Lanarkshire.

He was the fourth of five sons of a Baptist family. Black went to Beath High School, Cowdenbeath.