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Sahachirō Hata (秦 佐八郎, Hata Sahachirō, March 23, 1873 – November 22, 1938) was a prominent Japanese bacteriologist who researched the bubonic plague under Kitasato Shibasaburō and assisted in developing the Arsphenamine drug in 1909 in the laboratory of Paul Ehrlich.
When his collaborator Sahachiro Hata finally tested Ehrlich’s syphilis drug on a rabbit on this day in 1909, it seemed they’d truly found one. “Hata injected chemical No. 606 into a rabbit with...
May 1, 2023 · Sahachiro Hata was a Japanese collaborator who helped Paul Ehrlich in his quest to develop a drug treatment for syphilis as a ‘magic bullet’ that specifically targets the pathogen without affecting normal host cells.
Sahachiro Hata was born on March 23, 1879 in Tsumo village, Mino District, Iwami Province (currently the western part of Shimane Prefecture). In 1897 Hata entered the Medical Department of the Third Higher School.
In 1908, Sahachiro Hata, working in Paul Ehrlich’s laboratory, discovered the arsenic compound arsphenamine that became known after 1910 by its brand name, Salvarsan. It was also known as “606” because it was the 606th compound Hata and Ehrlich tested.
Sahachiro Hata. occupation: Bacteriologist. Nationality: Japanese. born in: Japan. 1909 - developed the Arsphenamine drug in the laboratory of Paul Ehrlich in Frankfurt, Germany.
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May 3, 2012 · Ehrlich and his partners, organic chemist Alfred Bertheim and bacteriologist Sahachiro Hata, experimented with hundreds of synthesized compounds until finding success in number 606, which would later be called Salvarsan. The drug came to market in 1910.
