Alwin Pappenheimer
Alwin Pappenheimer · Science & Medicine
Immunologist known for research on diphtheria toxin and antitoxin
1908, Cedarhurst, New York, United States — 1995, United States
United States
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Alwin Max Pappenheimer Jr. was an American immunologist and biochemist known for isolating and analyzing the diphtheria toxin and elucidating how it acts, work for which he received the Eli Lilly Award in 1941. He served as president of the American Association of Immunologists and taught at Harvard. He is documented as being of Jewish descent.
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Immunologist known for research on diphtheria toxin and antitoxin
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biomedical Science
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