László Detre (October 29, 1874,
Nagysurány – May 7, 1939,
Washington, DC
)
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(a.k.a. Ladislas Deutsch, Ladislaus Deutsch
["Origins of the Terms ']Antibody
An antibody (Ab), also known as an immunoglobulin (Ig), is a large, Y-shaped protein used by the immune system to identify and neutralize foreign objects such as pathogenic bacteria and viruses. The antibody recognizes a unique molecule of the ...
' and 'Antigen'", ''Scand. J. Immunol.'', 19, 281-285, 198
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Detre coined the term "antigen
In immunology, an antigen (Ag) is a molecule or molecular structure or any foreign particulate matter or a pollen grain that can bind to a specific antibody or T-cell receptor. The presence of antigens in the body may trigger an immune respons ...
" in a 1903 French-language paper co-authored with Russian biologist Élie Metchnikoff
Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov (russian: Илья Ильич Мечников; – 15 July 1916), also spelled Élie Metchnikoff, was a Russian zoologist best known for his pioneering research in immunology. Belkin, a Russian science historian, explain ...
(referring to "substances immunogènes ou antigènes"), although the word and concept appears in his research as early as 1899.[ He is also a codiscoverer of the Wassermann reaction, publishing his discovery in humans just two weeks after Wassermann documented his findings in apes.][The Washington Century: Three Families and the Shaping of the Nation's Capital By Burt Solomon, 2005, ]
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Hungarian microbiologists
1874 births
1939 deaths