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- Emil von Behring (1854–1917) discovered passive immunization as an effective treatment for diphtheria and tetanus. Moreover, he brought this discovery from bench to bedside, and his serum therapy markedly reduced deaths from diphtheria — the 'strangling angel of children' — which at the time was feared as the deadliest disease of infants.
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Dec 3, 2001 · Active Protective Vaccination against Diphtheria. Old vials (1897 and 1906) with hand-written labels. The therapeutic serum developed by Behring prevented diphtheria for only a short period of time. In 1901, Behring, therefore, for the first time, used a diphtheria innoculation of bacteria with reduced virulence.
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Behring won the first Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1901 for the development of serum therapies against diphtheria. He was elected a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1902.
- Diphtheria antitoxin/serum
- Hans Schlossberger
Feb 28, 2017 · A century ago, Emil von Behring passed away. He was the first to be honored by the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1901 for the successful therapy of diphtheria and tetanus, which he had developed from the bench to the bed. He also contributed to the foundation of immunology, since his therapy was based on passive immunization with specific antisera.
- Stefan H. E. Kaufmann
- 10.1128/mBio.00117-17
- 2017
- mBio. 2017 Jan-Feb; 8(1): e00117-17.
Mar 27, 2024 · Emil von Behring was a German bacteriologist who was one of the founders of immunology. In 1901 he received the first Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for his work on serum therapy, particularly for its use in the treatment of diphtheria.
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May 10, 2010 · In the spring of 1913, Behring developed a vaccine against diphtheria. On May 15, 1914, a short article reported that the French newspaper Le Matin had declared the serum one of “the Seven...
