Study of host’s reaction when foreign substances are introduced into the body.
Immunology
Condition of being resistant to infection.
Immunity
Foreign substances that induce a host response.
Antigens
Serum proteins produced by certain lymphocytes when exposed to a foreign substance and they react specifically with that foreign substance (antigen).
Antibodies
Emil Von Behring
[contribution]
Serum Anti - toxin
1905 - Robert Koch
[contribution]
Cellular Immunity in TB
1908 - Ellie Metchnikoff
[contribution]
Phagocytosis
1908 - Paul Ehrlich
[contribution]
Immunity
1913 - Charles Richer
[contribution]
Anaphylaxis
1919 - Jules Bordet
[contribution]
Nature of Complement
1930 - Karl Landsteiner
[contribution]
Human Blood Antigen
1960 - Burnet & Medawar
[contribution]
Immunologic Tolerance
1972 - Gerald Edelman & Rodney Porter
[contribution]
Structure of Antiobody
1977 - Rosalyn Yallow
[contribution]
Radioimmunoassay
1980 - G. Nell, J, Dausset & B. Benaceraf
[contribution]
Major Histocompatibility Complex
1984 - Neil Jerne
[contribution]
Immunoregulation
1984 - G. Koehler, C. Milstein
[contribution]
Monoclonal Antibody
1991 - Edward Thomas & Joseph Murray
[contribution]
Transplantation
1996 - Peter Doherty & Rolf Zinkernargel
[contribution]
Cytotoxic T cell recognition of virally infected cell
2008 - Francoise Barre Sinoussi Luc Montagnier
[contribution]
Human Immunodeficiency Virus
1500s - Ancient Chinese
[contribution]
Variolation
1798 - Edward Jenner
[contribution]
Cross Immunity
Smallpox Vaccination
1880 - Louis Pasteur
[contribution]
Live, attenuated chicken cholera and anthrax vaccines
1987 - Robert Kaus
[contribution]
Discovered precipitins