dec 22, 1890 - Roux and Behring
Description:
Pierre Roux and Emily Behring (colleagues of Pasteur and Koch respectively) worked separately on Diphtheria. Roux discovered that the bacteria produce a toxin and Behring discovered that weakened bacteria produce an antitoxin to that toxin.Added to timeline:
Date:
dec 22, 1890
Now
~ 134 years ago