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HISTORY OF IMMUNOLOGY Flashcards

1
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Identify the practice developed by the Chinese to prevent smallpox.

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Inhalation of powder made from smallpox scabs (Variolation)

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State the name of the individual who developed the first vaccine against smallpox.

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Edward Jenner

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The phenomenon where an antibody reacts with a structurally similar antigen.

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Cross-reactivity

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List the two infectious organisms that have been eradicated.

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Smallpox and Rinderpest

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5
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Scientist who developed the first attenuated vaccine.

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Louis Pasteur

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Process of attenuation in vaccine development.

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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

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7
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Discovery of phagocytosis in the 1800s.

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Elie Metchnikoff

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The scientist who demonstrated neutralization of diphtheria and tetanus toxins by the noncellular portion of blood.

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Emil von Behring

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Scientist that attributed the linking of cellular and humoral immune responses to the role of opsonins.

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Almroth Wright

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10
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Role of opsonins in the immune response.

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They coat bacteria to make them more susceptible to phagocytosis.

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Scientist who immunized rabbits with haptens and discovered the importance of three-dimensional antigen configuration.

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Karl Landsteiner

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12
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Vaccination of cowpox against smallpox.

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1700: Edward Jenner

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13
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Live attenuated vaccine against rabies.

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1885: Louis Pasteur

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14
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Antiserum therapy against diphtheria.

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1901: Emil von Behring

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15
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Discovery of tuberculosis.

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1905: Robert Koch

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16
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Theories of immunity and phagocytosis.

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1908: Paul Ehrlich and Elie Metchnikoff

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17
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Work on organ grafting.

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1912: Alexis Carrell

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18
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Research on anaphylaxis.

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1913: Charles Richet

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19
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Theories of immunity and complement.

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1919: Jules Bordet

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20
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Identification of human blood groups.

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1930: Karl Landsteiner

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21
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Discovery of penicillin.

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1945: Alexander Fleming, Ernst Borischain, and Howard Walter Floray

22
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Development of the polio vaccine.

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1949: Salk and Sabin

23
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Development of the yellow fever vaccine.

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1951: Max Theiler

24
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Discovery of streptomycin as the first antibiotic effective against TB.

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1952: Selman Abraham Waksman

25
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Antihistamine research.

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1957: Daniel Bovet

26
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Mechanisms of biological synthesis of DNA and RNA.

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1959: Severo Ochoa and Arthur Kornberg

27
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Acquired immunological tolerance.

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1960: Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet and Sir Peter Brian Medawar

28
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Genetic control of enzyme and virus synthesis.

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1965: Francois Jacob, Andrei Lwoff, and Jacques Monod

29
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Tumor-inducing viruses.

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1966: Payton Rous

30
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Genetic code and its function in protein synthesis.

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1968: Robert Holley, Har Gobind Khorana, and Marshall Nirenberg

31
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Replication mechanisms and genetic structure of viruses.

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1969: Max Delbruck, Alfred Hershey, and Salvador Luria

32
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Chemical structure of immunoglobulins.

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1972: Rodney Porter and Gerald Edelman

33
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Interactions between tumor viruses and genetic material of cells.

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1975: David Baltimore, Renato Dulbecco, and Howard Martin Ternin

34
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First monoclonal antibody.

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1975: Kohler

35
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Radioimmunoassay of peptide hormones.

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1977: Rosalyn Yallow

36
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Restriction enzymes and molecular genetics.

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1978: Werner Arber, Daniel Nathans, and Hamilton Smith

37
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Immunogenetics and histocompatibility.

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1980: Baruj Benacerraf, Jean Dausset, and George Snell

38
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Mobile genetic elements (transposons).

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1983: Barbara McClintock

39
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Hybridoma technology and monoclonal antibodies.

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1984: Cesar Milstein, George Kohler, and Niels Jerne

40
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Immunoglobulin genetics and antibody diversity.

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1987: Susumu Tonegawa

41
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Cellular origin of retroviral oncogenes.

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1989: J. Michael Bishop and Harold Varmus

42
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Organ and cell transplantation.

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1990: Joseph Murray and E. Donnell Thomas

43
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Specificity of cell-mediated immune defense.

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1996: Peter Doherty and Rolf Zinkernagel

44
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Prions as a new biological principle of infection.

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1997: Stanley Prusiner

45
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Signal transduction.

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1999: Gunter Blobel

46
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Agglutination studies.

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1999: Durham and Gruber

47
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Immunoelectrophoresis.

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1999: Graber and Williams

48
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IgE.

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1999: Isihazaka

49
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Interferons.

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1999: Isaacs and Lindenmann

50
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Development of the human papilloma virus vaccine.

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2005: Frazer

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