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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 ...
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Feb 28, 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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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 him to reject. In the 1920s and 1930s common bacterial infections ran rampant in Europe and the United States. Staphylococcal and streptococcal infections loomed large as ...
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 ...
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
Gerhard Domagk. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1939. 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”.
