Born 13 Jun 1870; died 6 Apr 1961 at age 90.
Jules Jean Baptiste Vincent Bordet was a #Belgian #bacteriologist and #immunologist who discovered (1895) the #complement, a complex of #proteins in the blood that causes the #destruction of #foreign #cells in an #immune response.
In 1906, he isolated the #bacterium responsible for #whoopingcough, which is named after him - #Bordetella (Haemophilus) pertussis - for which he developed a #vaccine.
He also isolated a number of other #pathogenic bacteria. For his discovery of #immunity factors in blood #serum, he received the #NobelPrize for #Physiology or Medicine in 1919. This development was vital to the #diagnosis and #treatment of many dangerous #contagious bacterial #diseases. For example, it is the basis of the #Wassermann test for #syphilis.
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