THE MICROBES AND THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR MEDICINE IN 1908 (EHRLICH Y MECHNIKOV)

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  • Juan-Carlos Argüelles

Abstract

Since its launch in 1901, the first designations of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, have recognized essential advances in our understanding of the role of microscopic organisms as causative agents of infectious diseases. With the nomination of P. Ehrlich and I. Mechnikov in 1908, the Swedish Karolinska Institute extended this policy by distinguishing the outstanding research on the nature of the defensive responses mounted by the human body against aggressions triggered by microbes and foreign particles. These discoveries were the basis of a new discipline: Immunology.

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Author Biography

Juan-Carlos Argüelles

Área de Microbiología, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Murcia, E-30071 Murcia
How to Cite
Argüelles, J.-C. (2008). THE MICROBES AND THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR MEDICINE IN 1908 (EHRLICH Y MECHNIKOV). Anales de Biología, (30), 61–63. Retrieved from https://revistas.um.es/analesbio/article/view/54211
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