Pathology SNT - Emil Adolf von Behring

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The first winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was German scientist Emil Adolf von Behring in 1901.

The formulation of the Nobel Committee was as follows: "For his work on serotherapy and, above all, for its use in the fight against diphtheria, with which he opened a new direction in medical knowledge, thus placing in the hands of the physician a victorious weapon against disease and death."

Bering himself considered his participation in the production of anti-diphtheria and tetanus vaccines to be the pinnacle of his scientific work, as it helped to save humanity from terrible epidemic diseases.

Emil Bering was born in Hansdorf (now Poland) on March 15, 1854.

Bering received his medical degree in 1880 and was sent for an internship at the famous Charité Clinic in Berlin. In 1888, he was transferred to Berlin, where he worked as an assistant to Robert Koch at the Institute of Hygiene.

It was there that the scientist began to study methods of treating diphtheria and tetanus, two different diseases that shared one characteristic feature: both diseases were fatal, despite the fact that patients were infected with relatively few bacteria. Bering suggested that the treatment of diphtheria could be successful if the toxin secreted by diphtheria bacteria was neutralized, i.e., if the human body's natural defense reaction was activated.

Emil Behring has received many awards and prizes. Dade Behring in Harburg, the world's largest company dedicated exclusively to clinical diagnostics, and CSL Behring are named after him. The University of Marburg has an Emil von Behring Award.

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