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Nobel Prize (Medicine): He is regarded as the founder of serum therapy. Koch identified the bacterium that causes tuberculosis. Without the ABO system, safe blood transfusions would be impossible. At 32 he was the youngest medicine laureate up to that time. The first antibiotic saved millions of lives. For uncovering the structure of the hereditary material, DNA. Famous for 'imprinting': greylag geese that took him for their mother. Her discovery in maize was only fully recognised decades later. A foundation for fighting malaria worldwide. Good to know: Emil von Behring won the very first medicine Nobel in 1901: his diphtheria therapy saved countless children. Robert Koch identified the microbes of tuberculosis, cholera and anthrax: a founder of bacteriology. The discovery of blood groups first made safe transfusions possible: until then many ended fatally. At 32 Banting was the youngest medicine laureate: he sold the insulin patent for a symbolic dollar. Fleming discovered penicillin by chance when mould contaminated one of his bacterial cultures.
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Emil von Behring
He is regarded as the founder of serum therapy.
💡 Did you know? Emil von Behring won the very first medicine Nobel in 1901: his diphtheria therapy saved countless children.
Robert Koch
Koch identified the bacterium that causes tuberculosis.
💡 Did you know? Robert Koch identified the microbes of tuberculosis, cholera and anthrax: a founder of bacteriology.
Karl Landsteiner
Without the ABO system, safe blood transfusions would be impossible.
💡 Did you know? The discovery of blood groups first made safe transfusions possible: until then many ended fatally.
Frederick Banting
At 32 he was the youngest medicine laureate up to that time.
💡 Did you know? At 32 Banting was the youngest medicine laureate: he sold the insulin patent for a symbolic dollar.
Alexander Fleming
The first antibiotic saved millions of lives.
💡 Did you know? Fleming discovered penicillin by chance when mould contaminated one of his bacterial cultures.
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