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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.
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Bacteriology. 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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Gerhard Domagk. 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 ...
The German bacteriologist and experimental pathologist Gerhard Johannes Paul Domagk (1895-1964) was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of the antibacterial effects of prontosil.
Abstract. Gerhard Domagk, who died on 24 April 1964, became a notable figure in the world of medical science by his reporting (1935) an experiment which made a landmark in the control of bacterial infections. He showed that mice, which usually died within a day or two of an intraperitoneal injection of a culture of streptococci, could survive ...
Gerhard Johannes Paul Domagk was born on October 30, 1895, at Lagow, a beautiful, small town in the Brandenburg Marches. Until he was fourteen he went to school in Sommerfeld, where his father was assistant headmaster. His mother, Martha Reimer, came from farming stock in the Marches, where she lived in Sommerfeld until 1945 when… more
May 7, 2019 · Domagk’s publication and the subsequent marketing of a successful new disinfectant set off a flurry of activity based on the basic template of the quaternary ammonium compound.
