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Metchnikoff

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Metchnikoff
?lie . 1845--1916, Russian bacteriologist in France. He formulated the theory of phagocytosis and shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1908


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About a century ago, Russian biologist Elie Metchnikoff offered the first glimpse at the innate immune system when he reported that a thorn stuck in a starfish was rapidly surrounded by amoeba-like cells.
At the turn of the century, Nobel prize-winning scientist Elie Metchnikoff believed yogurt held the secret to longevity.
Approximately 100 years ago, Elie Metchnikoff, the father of immunology, investigated intestinal microbes as causative agents in aging, a process he called "autointoxication.
 
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