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May 03, 1845 Ivanivka, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine Died on 02 Jul 1916 (aged 71)
immunologist, embryologist, biologist, Nobel laureat
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About Élie Metchnikoff
- Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov (Russian: ???? ????? ????????, also written as Élie Metchnikoff; 15 May [O.S.
- 3 May] 1845 – 15 July 1916) was a Russian zoologist best known for his pioneering research in immunology.In particular, he is credited with the discovery of phagocytes (macrophages) in 1882.
- This discovery turned out to be the major defence mechanism in innate immunity.
- He and Paul Ehrlich were jointly awarded the 1908 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "in recognition of their work on immunity".
- He is also credited by some sources with coining the term gerontology in 1903, for the emerging study of aging and longevity.
- He established the concept of cell-mediated immunity, while Ehrlich established the concept of humoral immunity.
- Their works are regarded as the foundation of the science of immunology.
- In immunology, he is given an epithet the "father of natural immunity".
