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| 1700 || || "Although most historical accounts credit Edward Jenner for the development of the first immunization process, a previous similar procedure had become established in China by 1700. The technique was called variolation. This was derived from the name of the infective agent—the variola virus."<ref name="History of immunology"/> || {{w|China}} | | 1700 || || "Although most historical accounts credit Edward Jenner for the development of the first immunization process, a previous similar procedure had become established in China by 1700. The technique was called variolation. This was derived from the name of the infective agent—the variola virus."<ref name="History of immunology"/> || {{w|China}} | ||
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| − | | 1798 || || " Edward Jenner initiates smallpox vaccination."<ref name="History of immunology"/> || | + | | 1798 || || " Edward Jenner initiates smallpox vaccination."<ref name="History of immunology"/><ref name="The Complete Idiot's Guide to Food Allergies">{{cite book |last1=Rejaunier |first1=Jeanne |last2=Freund |first2=Lee |title=The Complete Idiot's Guide to Food Allergies |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=JkcDGlqwgGQC&pg=PA18&dq=1900+Paul+Ehrlich+theorizes+specific+antibody+formation&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjfrYyQ_8zcAhUFEZAKHbJQBEUQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=1900%20Paul%20Ehrlich%20theorizes%20specific%20antibody%20formation&f=false}}</ref> || |
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| − | | 1877 || || "Paul | + | | 1877 || || "Paul Ehrlich recognizes mast cells."<ref name="History of immunology"/> || |
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| 1879 || || " Louis Pasteur develops an attenuated chicken cholera vaccine."<ref name="History of immunology"/> || | | 1879 || || " Louis Pasteur develops an attenuated chicken cholera vaccine."<ref name="History of immunology"/> || | ||
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| 1891 || || " Robert Koch explored delayed type hypersensitivity."<ref name="History of immunology"/> || | | 1891 || || " Robert Koch explored delayed type hypersensitivity."<ref name="History of immunology"/> || | ||
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| − | | 1900 || || | + | | 1900 || || Paul Ehrlich theorizes about some of the events taking place in immune cells, postulating that cells interact with toxins via "side chains" that stem from protoplasm. || |
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| 1906 || || "Clemens von Pirquet coined the word allergy."<ref name="History of immunology"/> || | | 1906 || || "Clemens von Pirquet coined the word allergy."<ref name="History of immunology"/> || | ||
Revision as of 15:29, 1 August 2018
This is a timeline of immunology.
Contents
Big picture
| Time period | Development summary |
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Full timeline
| Year | Event type | Details | Country/region |
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| 430 BC | "Nevertheless, there were intimations as early as 430 B.C. that if one survived a disease, the person thereafter became "immune" to any subsequent exposures."[1] | ||
| 1700 | "Although most historical accounts credit Edward Jenner for the development of the first immunization process, a previous similar procedure had become established in China by 1700. The technique was called variolation. This was derived from the name of the infective agent—the variola virus."[1] | China | |
| 1798 | " Edward Jenner initiates smallpox vaccination."[1][2] | ||
| 1877 | "Paul Ehrlich recognizes mast cells."[1] | ||
| 1879 | " Louis Pasteur develops an attenuated chicken cholera vaccine."[1] | ||
| 1883 | " Elie Metchnikoff develops cellular theory of vaccination."[1] | ||
| 1891 | " Robert Koch explored delayed type hypersensitivity."[1] | ||
| 1900 | Paul Ehrlich theorizes about some of the events taking place in immune cells, postulating that cells interact with toxins via "side chains" that stem from protoplasm. | ||
| 1906 | "Clemens von Pirquet coined the word allergy."[1] | ||
| 1938 | "John Marrack formulates antigen-antibody binding hypothesis."[1] | ||
| 1942 | "Jules Freund and Katherine McDermott research adjuvants."[1] | ||
| 1949 | " Macfarlane Burnet & Frank Fenner formulate immunological tolerance hypothesis."[1] | ||
| 1957 | " Alick Isaacs & Jean Lindemann discover interferon (cytokine)."[1] | ||
| 1959 | "Niels Jerne, David Talmage, Macfarlane Burnet develop clonal selection theory."[1] | ||
| 1962 | "Rodney Porter and team discovery the structure of antibodies."[1] | ||
| 1962 | "Jaques Miller and team discover thymus involvement in cellular immunity."[1] | ||
| 1962 | "Noel Warner and team distinguish between cellular and humoral immune responses."[1] | ||
| 1968 | " Anthony Davis and team discover T cell and B cell cooperation in immune response."[1] | ||
| 1974 | "Rolf Zinkernagel and Peter Doherty explore major histocompatibility complex restriction."[1] | ||
| 1985 | " Susumu Tonegawa, Leroy Hood, and team identify immunoglobulin genes."[1] | ||
| 1985 | "Scientists begin the rapid identification of genes for immune cells that continues to the present."[1] | ||
| 1987 | " Leroy Hood and team identify genes for the T cell receptor."[1] |
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