HISTORY OF IMMUNOLOGY Flashcards
Identify the practice developed by the Chinese to prevent smallpox.
Inhalation of powder made from smallpox scabs (Variolation)
State the name of the individual who developed the first vaccine against smallpox.
Edward Jenner
The phenomenon where an antibody reacts with a structurally similar antigen.
Cross-reactivity
List the two infectious organisms that have been eradicated.
Smallpox and Rinderpest
Scientist who developed the first attenuated vaccine.
Louis Pasteur
Process of attenuation in vaccine development.
Use of weakened bacteria or viruses through exposure to modifying conditions like chemical treatment, elevated/cold temperatures, or repeated in vitro passage in cell culture
Discovery of phagocytosis in the 1800s.
Elie Metchnikoff
The scientist who demonstrated neutralization of diphtheria and tetanus toxins by the noncellular portion of blood.
Emil von Behring
Scientist that attributed the linking of cellular and humoral immune responses to the role of opsonins.
Almroth Wright
Role of opsonins in the immune response.
They coat bacteria to make them more susceptible to phagocytosis.
Scientist who immunized rabbits with haptens and discovered the importance of three-dimensional antigen configuration.
Karl Landsteiner
Vaccination of cowpox against smallpox.
1700: Edward Jenner
Live attenuated vaccine against rabies.
1885: Louis Pasteur
Antiserum therapy against diphtheria.
1901: Emil von Behring
Discovery of tuberculosis.
1905: Robert Koch
Theories of immunity and phagocytosis.
1908: Paul Ehrlich and Elie Metchnikoff
Work on organ grafting.
1912: Alexis Carrell
Research on anaphylaxis.
1913: Charles Richet
Theories of immunity and complement.
1919: Jules Bordet
Identification of human blood groups.
1930: Karl Landsteiner