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Domagk spent the next three years investigating the antibacterial properties of Prontosil. He finally published the first report of his findings in 1935. In the intervening three years Prontosil had been successfully used to treat several diseases in humans, of both streptococcal and staphylococcal origins.
In 1939, Domagk was selected by the Nobel Foundation to receive the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of Prontosil as an antibiotic, the first commercially available drug effective against bacterial infections. However, the Nazi Germany banned him from attending the award ceremony.
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Apr 20, 2024 · Gerhard Domagk 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. Domagk earned a medical degree from the University of Kiel.
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Born: 30 October 1895, Lagow, Germany (now Poland) Died: 24 April 1964, Burgberg, West Germany (now Germany) Affiliation at the time of the award: Munster University, Munster, Germany. Prize motivation: “for the discovery of the antibacterial effects of prontosil”.
The molecule was tested and in the late autumn of 1932 was found effective against some important bacterial infections in mice by Gerhard Domagk, who subsequently received the 1939 Nobel Prize in Medicine. Prontosil was the result of five years of testing involving thousands of compounds related to azo dyes.
May 21, 2018 · Domagk, Gerhard (1895–1964) German biochemist who went to work for I.G. Farbenindustrie to investigate new drugs. In 1935 he discovered the antibacterial properties of a dye, Prontosil, which became the first sulpha drug (see sulphonamides).
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