Significance of Mechnikov’s scientific inheritance for development of medicine

Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov is an outstanding scientist, zoologist, anatomist, embryologist, microbiologist, parasitologist, pathologist, bacteriologist, physiologist, cytologist, and immunologist. He was a resourceful and skilful biologist-experimenter, the author of the phagocytic theory of immunity....

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Main Authors: Semenova L.S., Nykolaeva E.V.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Dnipro State Medical University 2016-12-01
Series:Medičnì Perspektivi
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Online Access:http://medpers.dsma.dp.ua/issues/2016/N4/174-176.pdf
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Summary:Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov is an outstanding scientist, zoologist, anatomist, embryologist, microbiologist, parasitologist, pathologist, bacteriologist, physiologist, cytologist, and immunologist. He was a resourceful and skilful biologist-experimenter, the author of the phagocytic theory of immunity. In 1908 I.I. Mechnikov together with the apologist of the humoral concept of immunity Paul Ehrlich was awarded the Nobel Prize in physiology and medicine «for research in the theory of immunity». The paper tells about the life and research of this scientist, importance of his researches for modern medicine.
ISSN:2307-0404
2307-0404