biotechnology

  • Hooke

    First description of the cell was by phyisicist Robert Hooke
  • Ehrlich

    Ehrlich was a German physician and scientist most well-known for coining the term 'antibody' and his side-chain theory of antibody formation, which transformed understandings of how the immune system worked. He was also involved the development of serum therapy, an important treatment for infectious diseases, and Salvarsan, the first effective treatment for syphilis. His work paved the way to the development of monoclonal antibodies, which today are vital components in diagnostics and therapeuti
  • Lice

    A French bacteriologist, Nicolle determined that lice were the transmission vector of epidemic typhus and worked out the transmission method of tick fever. He developed a vaccine for Malta fever.