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  1. Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov (Russian: Илья Ильич Мечников; 15 May [O.S. 3 May] 1845 – 15 July 1916), also spelled Élie Metchnikoff, was a zoologist from the Russian Empire of Moldavian noble ancestry best known for his pioneering research in immunology (study of immune systems) and thanatology (study of death).

  2. May 12, 2024 · Élie Metchnikoff was a Russian-born zoologist and microbiologist who received (with Paul Ehrlich) the 1908 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for his discovery in animals of amoeba-like cells that engulf foreign bodies such as bacteria—a phenomenon known as phagocytosis and a fundamental part.

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  3. Jun 16, 2016 · Many reviews of Elie Metchnikoff’s work have been published, all unanimously acknowledging the significant contributions of his cellular theory to the fields of immunology and infectious diseases. In 1883, he published a key paper describing phagocytic cells in frogs.

    • Fabrice Merien
    • 10.3389/fpubh.2016.00125
    • 2016
    • Front Public Health. 2016; 4: 125.
  4. Feb 3, 2016 · Elie Metchnikoff was a passionate scientist and ingenious experimentalist, who wished to benefit mankind through fundamental research. He used light microscopy and scientific illustration to considerable effect, in spite of his eye problems.

    • Siamon Gordon
    • 10.1159/000443331
    • 2016
    • J Innate Immun. 2016 Apr; 8(3): 223-227.
  5. Aug 1, 2016 · The year 2016 marks 100 years since the death of Élie Metchnikoff (18451916), the Russian zoologist who pioneered the study of cellular immunology and who is widely credited with the discovery...

    • David M. Underhill, Siamon Gordon, Beat A. Imhof, Gabriel Núñez, Philippe Bousso
    • 2016
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  7. Aug 25, 2016 · The life and work of Elie Metchnikoff (1845–1916) is a study of contrasts, pessimism followed by optimism, from Imperial Russia to the Pasteur Institute, comparative embryology to experimental pathology.

  8. Metchnikoff is rightly famous for his recognition of the biological significance of leukocyte recruitment and phagocytosis of microbes in host defence against infection, inflammation and immunity. As a comparative zoologist he utilised a broad range of model organisms for microscopic studies in vivo and in vitro.

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