Karl Landsteiner

(1868–1943) Physiologist

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Karl Landsteiner was a physiologist, best known for The specificity of serological reactions.

Quick Facts About Karl Landsteiner

Born: June 14, 1868
Died: June 26, 1943
Profession: Physiologist
Notable works: The specificity of serological reactions

About Karl Landsteiner

Karl Landsteiner was an Austrian-American biologist, physician, and immunologist. He emigrated with his family to New York in 1923 at the age of 55 for professional opportunities, working for the Rockefeller Institute.

Quotes by Karl Landsteiner

It is very kind of you to consider the possibility of my working in Pasadena, an idea which certainly is attractive, especially…

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I have recently observed and stated that the serum of normal people is capable of clumping the red cells of other healthy…

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A single kind of red cell is supposed to have an enormous number of different substances on it, and in the same…

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“There is no sharp boundary line separating the reactions of the immune bodies from chemical processes between crystalloids, just as in nature…

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The morphological characteristics of plant and animal species form the chief subject of the descriptive natural sciences and are the criteria for…

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Owing to the difficulty of dealing with substances of high molecular weight we are still a long way from having determined the…

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On the whole, at least in the author's experience, the preparation of species-specific antiserum fractions and the differentiation of closely related species…

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