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  1. Jun 15, 2024 · In 1890, in the Charité Hospital in Berlin, Germany, Emil von Behring (1854–1917) and Kitasato Shibasaburō (1853–1931) showed that antibodies raised in animals could protect against the lethal effects of diphtheria and tetanus toxins.

  2. Jun 30, 2024 · Emil von Behring and Shibasaburo Kitasato had discovered the previous year that they could recover the antitoxin (antibodies to the exotoxin) from animals given tetanus exotoxin and that large doses of this antitoxin would protect other animals from the effects of the tetanus exotoxin.

  3. 6 days ago · Emil von Behring and Shibasaburo Kitasato working together in Berlin in 1890 announce the discovery of diphtheria antitoxin serum, the first rational approach to therapy of infectious diseases. They inject a sublethal dose of diphtheria filtrate into animals and produce a serum that is specifically capable of neutralizing the toxin.

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  4. Jun 21, 2024 · Emil von Behring, a researcher working in Germany, created one of the first vaccines for diphtheria in 1913. He experimented with different types of vaccines, and ultimately developed a vaccine using the toxin secreted by Corynebacterium diphtheriae, the bacteria that causes diphtheria.

  5. Jun 20, 2024 · Emil Adolf von Behring 1901 - immunized an animal with sterile broth cultures of tetanus/diphtheria. Their blood produces "antitoxins" (Abs), which can be transferred to another animal, and cure an animal with an active infection.

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    Jun 26, 2024 · The study of antibodies began in 1890 when Emil von Behring and Kitasato Shibasaburō described antibody activity against diphtheria and tetanus toxins. Von Behring and Kitasato put forward the theory of humoral immunity, proposing that a mediator in serum could react with a foreign antigen.

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