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Jules Freund

Who

Jules Freund · Science & Medicine

What

Immunologist who developed Freund's adjuvant, a widely used booster of immune response.

When

1890, Budapest, Hungary — 1960, New York City, United States

Where

Hungary · United States (Cornell Medical College · NYU · Public Health Research Institute, New York)

Biography

Jules Freund is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Immunologist who developed Freund's adjuvant, a widely used booster of immune response.

How & why

Born in Budapest and trained in medicine there, this Hungarian-American immunologist emigrated to the United States and, working in New York, developed Freund's adjuvant — an emulsion of mineral oil and killed mycobacteria that dramatically boosts the antibody response to an injected antigen. It became an indispensable tool for making antisera and studying immunity, and he served as president of the American Association of Immunologists.

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Immunologist who developed Freund's adjuvant, a widely used booster of immune response.

1890

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology