Immunology 3r BIOTEC Marta Garc1a Prats

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Immunology 3r BIOTEC Marta García Prats 1 UNIT 1. Cells and tissues Immunology history Edward Jenner (1749-1823). A medical doctor that observed that milkmaids infected by cowpox (viruela vacuna) normally survived smallpox (viruela humana) infections. He transferred pus from a milkmaid infected with cowpox into a young boy, and he became resistant to smallpox. Therefore, Jenner decided to call this process “vaccination”. Robert Koch (1843-1910). One of the pioneers in the detection of microorganisms. He was the first person to culture bacteria and take pictures of them, which made it easier to pass the knowledge to other scientists. He also developed culture mediums and staining techniques. Louis Pasteur (18822-1895). He discovered that pathogenic microorganisms could be present in the air and cause microbial contaminations in the food, which could lead to diseases. He vaccinated chickens using a chicken cholera aged culture, and made them resistant to it. It’s what we nowadays call an attenuated vaccine. He also tested an anthrax attenuated vaccine in sheeps, and a vaccine against rabia, which was the first one to be tested in humans. Emil von Behring (1854-1917). He vaccinated ...