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Karl Landsteiner
Austrian immunologist (–)
Karl LandsteinerForMemRS[2] (German:[kaʁlˈlantˌʃtaɪnɐ]; 14 June – 26 June [3]) was an Austrian-American biologist, physician, and immunologist.[4] He emigrated with his family to New York in at the age of 55 for professional opportunities, working for the Rockefeller Institute.
He had distinguished the main blood groups in , having developed the modern system of classification of blood groups from his identification of the presence of agglutinins in the blood.
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In , with Alexander S. Wiener, he identified the Rhesus factor, thus enabling physicians to transfuse blood without endangering the patient's life. With Constantin Levaditi and Erwin Popper, he discovered the polio virus in He received the Aronson Prize in In , he received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
He was posthumously awarded the Lasker Award in , and has been described as the father of transfusion medicine.[5]&