Cellular Immunity Research
Develops the concept that phagocytic cells participate in biological defence.
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Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov Biography and Timeline
Follow Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov through 5 dated historical records for Russia.
Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov, historical timeline
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1882–1908Years on this page
1882
Cellular Immunity
The achievement marks cellular immunity as an important Russian scientific milestone.
Discovery of Phagocytosis
Observes cells engulfing foreign material and develops the concept of phagocytosis.
Phagocytosis Observed
Observes mobile cells engulfing foreign material in starfish larvae.
1908
Nobel Prize
Shares the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for research on immunity, particularly his discovery of phagocytosis as a cellular defence mechanism.
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