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apr 2, 1921 - Tuberculosis Vaccine (BCG)

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Immunotherapy as a defence against TB was first proposed in 1890 by Robert Koch. Today, the only effective tuberculosis vaccine in common use is bacilli Calmette-Guérin, first used in 1921

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apr 2, 1921
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~ 105 years ago