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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.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Aug 1, 2016 · The year 2016 marks 100 years since the death of Élie Metchnikoff (1845–1916), 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
Elie Metchnikoff, of the Pasteur Institute, had inadvertently launched the yogurt rush when he claimed in a public lecture, “Old Age,” on June 8, 1904, that aging was caused by harmful bacteria...
Feb 3, 2016 · An informed reading of Elie Metchnikoff's life, discoveries and philosophy only enhances his reputation as a highly original scientist.
- Siamon Gordon
- 10.1159/000443331
- 2016
- J Innate Immun. 2016 Apr; 8(3): 223-227.
The life and work of Elie Metchnikoff are a rich source of inspiration to anybody interested in the biology and pathophysiology of myeloid cells. He made the fundamental discoveries that subsequently shaped the development of the field and that represent, still today, the basis of our knowledge.
Aug 25, 2016 · Metchnikoff’s hypothesis met with fierce criticisms even before the demonstration by von Behring and Kitasato of humoral (antibody-dependent) protective immunity to diphtheria toxin and the discovery of “alexines” (complement) by Ehrlich.
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Jul 1, 2008 · One hundred years ago the birth of immunology was made official by the Nobel Prize award to Elie Metchnikoff and Paul Ehrlich. Metchnikoff discovered phagocytosis by macrophages and...
