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... Abstract Oskar Minkowski was nominated six times for the Nobel Prize. He can be called the “grandfather of the discovery of insulin” since in 1889 he discovered that the removal of the pancreas in dogs induced diabetes mellitus. The presentation of this discovery together with his senior...

... Abstract The discovery of insulin in Toronto in 1921/1922 was rapidly recognized by a Nobel Prize shared by Dr. Frederick Banting and Prof. John Macleod. However, in the popular imagination it is attributed to “Banting and Best.” Here we review the important individual and collective...

... Abstract The Italian poet, novelist, translator, editor and diarist Cesare Pavese (1908-1950) famously committed suicide after winning the coveted Strega prize for his 1949 trilogy of novels La bella estate ( The Beautiful Summer ). This article discusses one of the novels in that trilogy...

.... These include: the Medal of the University of Helsinki, Finland (1975); Oscar Medin Prize, Stockholm, Sweden (1979); Robert Koch Prize, Bonn, West Germany (1981); Anders Jahre Prize in Medicine, Oslo, Norway (1988); Honorary Consul, Costa Rica (1988); Lifetime Achievement Award, The Jeffrey Modell Foundation...

... of the phenomenon of anaphylaxis showed that by immunization not only protection but also harmful events could be induced. For this discovery Richet received the Nobel Prize in 1913, but he still believed the condition of anaphylaxis was a lack of protection to the poisonous effect of the substance. Already earlier...

... of gastric acid secretion and in allergic disorders. Using selective agonists and antagonists, as well as molecular biology tools, four histamine receptors (H 1 R, H 2 R, H 3 R and H 4 R) have been identified. The Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine was awarded to Daniel Bovet in 1957 for the discovery...

... by the isolation of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) from pituitary gland extracts. Cortisone and ACTH were found to be very beneficial in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and Kendall, Reichstein and Hench received the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine for this work in 1950. Bordley and colleagues...

... systematic, evidence-based answers to clinical questions; (6) if systematic, evidence-based data are not available, design the proper studies to get them; (7) prize questioning the answers to further move beyond the knowledge limit; (8) support the principle that experiments in children will be required...

... approach based on the integration of collective and individual prevention, early detection and immediate action. Incentive monetary prizes are provided if body mass index (BMI) is reduced by at least 5% following participation in the prescribed treatment plan. The independent health insurance funds plan...

... published in 1958 [ 14 ], that they had developed the RIA before me. Subsequently, I nominated Berson and Yalow for the 1971 Nobel Prize, but it went to Sutherland and Leloir that year. Poor Sol died in 1972 before he could receive the prize that was to go to Yalow in 1977. Sol was a very great and generous...

..., have helped him to develop a very effective insulin preparation. Oskar Minkowski’s Team Missed the Nobel Prize Zülzer decided to have his extract examined at the Department of Internal Medicine in Breslau where Oskar Minkowski had just been appointed to the chair of Internal Medicine after...

... containing the two violin sonatas by Béla Bartók, performed together with Adrian Adlam, and recently a recording of the complete Études pour piano by Ligeti (WERGO). Thomas Hell has won prizes at several German and international competitions, including the first prize at the Concours international de...

.... In employing gnotobiotic mice, he also developed an active program to analyze immune cell interactions with commensal and pathogenic bacteria and viruses at mucosal sites. Bruce Beutler, MD B.B. is a 2011 Nobel Prize Laureate and best known for his work on TLR4 sensing LPS. He received his MD from...

...Innate Immunity's Resurrection: How It Perceives Infection In 1908, E. Metchnikoff and P. Ehrlich jointly received the Nobel Prize ‘in recognition of their work in immunity'. Metchnikoff advocated the idea that phagocytes constituted a first line of innate defense by nonspecifically ingesting...

... the Gila monster. Dr. Eng worked in the laboratory of Dr. Rosalyn Yalow, the 1977 Nobel Prize winner for physiology and medicine (among other findings, she had developed a method for measuring the insulin concentration with a radioimmune assay). Eng noticed that the substance exendin-4 from the saliva...

... School, Tokyo, Japan. How many members does the society have today? 10,175 members as of October 31, 2011 What is the main emphasis of the society: immunology or allergy? Allergy and clinical immunology What are the society's most important prizes and honors? The JSA Best...