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- Emil von Behring (1854–1917) discovered passive immunization as an effective treatment for diphtheria and tetanus. Moreover, he brought this discovery from bench to bedside, and his serum therapy markedly reduced deaths from diphtheria — the 'strangling angel of children' — which at the time was feared as the deadliest disease of infants.
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Dec 3, 2001 · The therapeutic serum developed by Behring prevented diphtheria for only a short period of time. In 1901, Behring, therefore, for the first time, used a diphtheria innoculation of bacteria with reduced virulence. With this active immunization he hoped to help the body also produce antitoxins.
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Behring won the first Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1901 for the development of serum therapies against diphtheria. He was elected a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1902.
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Mar 27, 2024 · Emil von Behring was a German bacteriologist who was one of the founders of immunology. In 1901 he received the first Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for his work on serum therapy, particularly for its use in the treatment of diphtheria.
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May 10, 2010 · “A congress of German naturalists and physicians opened its sessions in Vienna on Monday,” he wrote, and then went on to discuss Emil von Behring’s “discovery of a cure for diphtheria by ...
Feb 28, 2017 · A century ago, Emil von Behring passed away. He was the first to be honored by the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1901 for the successful therapy of diphtheria and tetanus, which he had developed from the bench to the bed.
