Alexandre Besredka
Alexandre Besredka · Science & Medicine
Immunologist who advanced the understanding of anaphylaxis and local immunity.
1870, Odessa, Russian Empire (now Ukraine) — 1940, Paris, France
Russian Empire · France
Alexandre Besredka is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Immunologist who advanced the understanding of anaphylaxis and local immunity.
Alexandre Besredka was an immunologist at the Pasteur Institute who advanced the understanding of anaphylaxis and developed the concept of anti-anaphylaxis (desensitization), and did influential work on local immunity. He was Jewish, born in Odessa, and emigrated to France where he became a close collaborator of Élie Metchnikoff. His research shaped early 20th-century immunology.
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Immunologist who advanced the understanding of anaphylaxis and local immunity.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology
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