Emil Adolf von Behring

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1901

“for his work on serum therapy, especially its application against diphtheria, by which he has opened a new road in the domain of medical science and thereby placed in the hands of the physician a victorious weapon against illness and deaths”

Emil Adolf von Behring was a German physiologist and physician. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1901 for his work on serum therapy, especially its application against diphtheria. He was affiliated with Marburg University.

Field

Medicine · Immunology

Lifespan

1854–1917