Karl Landsteiner

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Karl Landsteiner

Austrian immunologist and pathologist

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Born:: June 14, 1868, Vienna, Austrian Empire [Austria]

Died:: June 26, 1943, New York, N.Y., U.S. (aged 75)

Awards And Honors:: Nobel Prize (1930)

Notable Works:: “The Specificity of Serological Reactions”

Subjects Of Study:: ABO blood group system; blood group

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Karl Landsteiner (born June 14, 1868, Vienna, Austrian Empire [Austria]—died June 26, 1943, New York, N.Y., U.S.) was an Austrian American immunologist and pathologist who received the 1930 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of the major blood groups and the development of the ABO system of blood typing that has made blood transfusion a routine medical practice. After receiving his M.D. in 1891 from the University of Vienna, Landsteiner studied organic chemistry with many notable scientists in Europe, including the German chemist Emil Fischer. In 1897 he returned to the University of Vienna, where he pursued ...(100 of 502 words)

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