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Jules Jean Baptiste Vincent Bordet ( June 13, 1870 - April 6, 1961) was a Belgian immunologist and microbiologist. The bacterial genus Bordetella is named for him.1 Biography
He became Doctor of Medicine in 1892 and began his work at the Pasteur Institute in Paris in 1894, where, in the laboratory of Elie Metchnikoff, he described phagocytosis of bacteria by white blood cells. In 1898 he described hemolysis evoked by exposure of blood serum to foreign blood cells.
In 19001900 is the common year starting on Monday. see link for calendar) For the film, see 1900 (film). Events January January 1 Nigeria becomes British protectorate January 2 John Hay announces the Open Door Policy to promote trade with China. January 2 Chicag, he left Paris to found the Pasteur Institute in BrusselsBrussels ( French: Bruxelles Dutch: Brussel German: Brussel is a major city in Belgium and its capital. Overview Brussels is first of all a city located in the middle of Belgium and its capital, but it sometimes also refers to the main municipality of the, and made his discovery that the bacteriolytic effect of acquired specific antibodyantigen An antibody is a protein complex used by the immune system to identify and neutralize foreign objects like bacteria and viruses. Each antibody recognizes a specific antigen unique to its target. Antibody structure Antibodies are glycoproteins foun is significantly enhanced in vivo by the presence of innate serum components which he termed alexine (but which are now known as complementThe word complement (with an e in the second syllable, not to be confused with a different word, compliment with an i has a number of uses. Generally a complement of X is something that together with X makes a complete whole; that supplies what X lacks.). This mechanism became the basis for complement-fixation testing methods that enabled the development of serological tests for syphilisSyphilis (historically called lues is a sexually transmitted disease (STD) that is caused by a spirochaete bacterium, Treponema pallidum''. Syphilis has many alternate names, such as: Miss Siff, the Pox, and has been given many national attributions, e. (specifically, the development of the Wassermann test by August von Wassermann). The same technique is used today in serologic testing for countless other diseases.
With Octave Gengou he isolated Bordetella pertussis in pure culture in 1906Events January 8 Landslide in Haverstraw, New York kills 20 January 31 Earthquake in Ecuador (8. 6 in Richter scale) February 11 Pope Pius X publishes the encyclical Vehementer nos''. February 15 Representatives of the Labour Representation Committee in t and posited it as the cause of whooping cough.
He became Professor of Bacteriology at the University of Brussels in 1907.
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to him in 1919 for his discoveries relating to immunity.
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