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02 History Flashcards

1
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Historian that documented variolation

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Voltaire

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2
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Smallpox vaccination

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Edward Jenner

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3
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Cross immunity

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Edward Jenner

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4
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Virus responsible for smallpox

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Variola

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5
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Virus responsible for cowpox

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Vaccinia

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6
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Virus responsible for chickenpox

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Varicella

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7
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Discovered phagocytosis

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(Ernst) Haeckel

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8
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Father of Immunology

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Louis Pasteur

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9
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Pioneer of attenuation

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Louis Pasteur

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10
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Chicken cholera vaccination

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Louis Pasteur

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11
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Anthrax vaccination

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Louis Pasteur

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12
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Rabies vaccination

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Louis Pasteur

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13
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Source of rabies vaccine

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Dried spinal cord of rabid dog

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14
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Methods of attenuation

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Heat, Aging, Addition of Chemicals

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15
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Champion of cellular immunity

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Elie Metchnikoff

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16
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Nobel Laureate for observing phagocytosis

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Elie Metchnikoff

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17
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Metchnikoff’s test animal for phagocytosis discovery

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Transparent starfish larvae

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18
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Champions of humoral immunity

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Emil Von Behring & Kitasato Shibasaburo

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Nobel laureate for deriving diphtheria and tetanus antitoxin

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Emil Von Behring

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20
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C. tetani toxin

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Tetanospasmin

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21
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Passive immunization

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Emil Von Behring & Kitasato Shibasaburo

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22
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Demostrated cutaneous / type 4 hypersensitivity

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Robert Koch

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23
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Discovered agglutination reactions

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(Herbert Edward) Durham & (Max) Von Gruber

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24
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First serologic test for S. typhi

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Widal Test

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25
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Derived the first serologic test for typhoid fever diagnosis

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Ferdinand Widal

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26
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Antibody formation theory

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Paul Ehrlich

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27
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Discovered ABO blood groups

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Karl Landsteiner

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28
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Book written by Karl Landsteiner

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The Specificity of Serologic Reactions

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29
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Discovered anaphylaxis & immediate hypersensitivity

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(Paul) Portier & Charles Richet

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30
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Nobel prize winner for anaphylaxis

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Charles Richet

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31
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Most sever and life-threatening form of hypersensitivity

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Anaphylaxis

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32
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Discovered opsonins

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Almoth Wright, Stephen Douglas, & Joseph Denys

33
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Substances that coat pathogens in order to make them more susceptible to phagocytosis

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Opsonins

34
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Described the relationship between immunity and hypersensitivity

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(Clemens) Von Pirquet & (Bela) Schick

35
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First tuberculosis vaccine from M. bovis

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Albert Calmette & Camille Guerin

36
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Complement-mediated cytolysis

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(Richard) Pfeiffer & (Hans) Buchner

37
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Principal soluble mediators of inflammation

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Complement

38
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Nobel laureate for the discovery of complement proteins

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Jules Bordet

39
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Developed the hemolytic plaque assay

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Niel Jerne

40
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Concept of immunological tolerance

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Peter Medawar

41
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Genes that control the synthesis of HLAs

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Major Histocompatibility Complex

42
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Discovered murine MHCs

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George Snell

43
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Discovered human MHCs

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Jean Dausset & Baruj Bennaceraf

44
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Deciphered the polypeptide structure of antibody molecules

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Rodney Porter

45
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Radioimmunoassay of peptide hormones

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Rosalyn Yalow

46
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Described the action of lysozymes

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Alexander Fleming

47
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Discovered penicillin

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Alexander Fleming

48
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Enzymes inside lysosomes that can kill Gram positive microorganisms by destroying their cell wayy

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lysozyme

49
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Discovered that adaptive immunity is mediated by lymphocytes

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James Gowan

50
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Developed the technique to produce monoclonal antibodies

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Cesar Milstein & Georges Kohler

51
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Technique used in producing monoclonal antibodies

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Hybridoma technology

52
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Made crucial discoveries about the structure of immunoglobulins, as well as the first complete sequence

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Gerald Edelman

53
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Developed the quantitative precipitin assay

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Michail Heidelberger

54
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Heidelberger’s collaborator in quantitative precipitin assay studies on antigen-antibody reactions

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Kendall

55
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Chinese method of inhaling pulverized smallpox crusts for immunization

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Variolation

56
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Discovered antibody diversity and T cell receptor diversity

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Tonegawa Susumu

57
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Discovered intereferons

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Alic Isaacs & Jean Lindemann

58
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Substances containing antiviral properties by blocking the translation of viral proteins

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Interferon

59
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Original name of HIV

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Lymphadenopathy Associated Virus (LAV)

60
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Isolated a retrovirus from an immunocompetent homosexual man with lymphsdenopathy

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Luc Montaigner

61
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Renamed LAV into HAV

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Robert Gallo

62
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Introduced the concepts of organ transplantation

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E. Dounal Thomas & Joseph Murray

63
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Principle of double recognition

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Peter Doherty & Rolf Zinkernagel

64
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Gene that regulates T cell development

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FOX3p gene

65
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Discovered human papilloma virus (HPV)

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Warts

66
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Discoveries concerning innate immunity

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Bruce Beutler & Jules Hoffmann

67
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Discovered the dendritic cell and its role in adaptive immunity

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Ralph Steinman

68
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Discovered antibody diversity and T cell receptor diversity

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Tonegawa Susumu

69
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Discovered intereferons

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Alic Isaacs & Jean Lindemann

70
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Substances containing antiviral properties by blocking the translation of viral proteins

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Interferon

71
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Original name of HIV

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Lymphadenopathy Associated Virus (LAV)

72
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Isolated a retrovirus from an immunocompetent homosexual man with lymphsdenopathy

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Luc Montaigner

73
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Renamed LAV into HAV

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Robert Gallo

74
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Introduced the concepts of organ transplantation

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E. Dounal Thomas & Joseph Murray

75
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Principle of double recognition

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Peter Doherty & Rolf Zinkernagel

76
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Gene that regulates T cell development

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FOX3p gene

77
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Discovered human papilloma virus (HPV)

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Warts

78
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Discoveries concerning innate immunity

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Bruce Beutler & Jules Hoffmann

79
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Discovered the dendritic cell and its role in adaptive immunity

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Ralph Steinman

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