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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.
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Apr 20, 2024 · Gerhard Domagk (born October 30, 1895, Lagow, Brandenburg, Germany—died April 24, 1964, Burgberg, near Königsfeld, West Germany [now in Germany]) 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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German pathologist Gerhard Domagk was forced to reject the Nobel Prize he won for his discovery of the first sulfa drug. Prontosil was the first drug to successfully treat bacterial infections and the first of many sulfa drugs—forerunners of antibiotics. This achievement earned its creator a Nobel Prize, which the German authorities forced ...
Professor Gerhard Domagk was awarded the 1939 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of the antibacterial effects of Protonsil. Protonsil was the first of the so-called sulpha preparations, which have proved to represent one of the greatest therapeutic advances in the history of medicine. Professor Domagk was prevented from ...
Feb 20, 1999 · Hitler had forbidden Germans from receiving Nobel Prizes and forced Domagk to decline it. But, having outlived the Nazi regime, Domagk was given the Nobel diploma in 1947; however, there was no prize money—as per the Nobel Foundation's statutes it had been absorbed into the general pool.
May 21, 2018 · Domagk, Gerhard. ( b. Lagow, Brandenburg, Germany, 30 October 1895; d. Burgberg, Germany, 24 April 1964) medicine, chemistry, pharmacology. Domagk, the son of a teacher, decided to study medicine while still at a scientifically oriented grammar school in Liegnitz (now Legnica). During his first term at the University of Kiel, World War I broke ...
