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- The challenge was long thought to be impossible, but in 1932 Gerhard Domagk and his colleagues demonstrated in mice experiments that sulfonamides could be used to counteract bacteria that cause blood poisoning. The discovery became the basis for a number of sulfa drugs—the first type of antibiotic.
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Gerhard Johannes Paul Domagk (German pronunciation: [ˈɡeːɐ̯haʁt ˈdoːmak] ⓘ; 30 October 1895 – 24 April 1964) was a German pathologist and bacteriologist. He is credited with the discovery of sulfonamidochrysoidine (KL730) as an antibiotic for which he received the 1939 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine .
Introduced in 1935 by Gerhard Domagk (1895–1964), sulfa drugs, or sulfonamides, all of which are related to the compound sulfanilamide, provided the first successful therapies for many bacterial diseases.
The challenge was long thought to be impossible, but in 1932 Gerhard Domagk and his colleagues demonstrated in mice experiments that sulfonamides could be used to counteract bacteria that cause blood poisoning.
The supreme aim of chemotherapy is, in Domagk’s opinion, the cure and control of carcinoma and he was convinced that this will be, in the future, achieved. Domagk held honorary doctorates of the Universities of Bologna, Münster, Cordoba, Lima, Buenos Aires, and Giessen.
Apr 20, 2024 · Gerhard Domagk was a German bacteriologist and pathologist who was awarded the 1939 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for his discovery (announced in 1932) of the antibacterial effects of Prontosil, the first of the sulfonamide drugs.
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Mar 13, 2020 · Domagk’s pioneering research led to the development of Prontosil Rubrum, the first antibiotic drug to cure bacterial infections and the first of many sulfa drugs. Overview. In the 1920s and 1930s common bacterial infections ran rampant in Europe and the United States.
Jun 10, 2024 · German bacteriologist and pathologist awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1939 for his discovery of the antibacterial effects of Prontosil, the first sulphonamide drug. Domagk was born in Brandenburg (now in Poland) and trained in medicine at the University of Kiel.
