Lina Stern, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Lina Stern

Soviet biochemist

Date of Birth: 14-Aug-1878

Place of Birth: Liepāja, Latvia

Date of Death: 07-Mar-1968

Profession: physician, chemist, biologist, university teacher, physiologist, biochemist

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Lina Solomonovna Stern (or Shtern; Russian: ???? ??????????? ?????; 26 August 1878 – 7 March 1968) was a Soviet biochemist, physiologist and humanist whose medical discoveries saved thousands of lives at the fronts of World War II.
She is best known for her pioneering work on the blood–brain barrier, which she described as hemato-encephalic barrier in 1921.