Karl Landsteiner

14 June 1868 – 26 June 1943

Karl Landsteiner was an Austrian-American biologist and physician who discovered the human ABO blood group system, making safe blood transfusion possible. He received the 1930 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for this work and later co-discovered the Rhesus factor and the poliovirus. He spent his later career at the Rockefeller Institute in New York.

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Born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary
14 June 1868

Born in Baden bei Wien near Vienna.

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Graduated in medicine from the University of Vienna
1891

Earned his medical degree and then studied chemistry.

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Discovered the ABO blood group system
1901

Identified the main human blood groups, enabling safe transfusions.

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Demonstrated the infectious nature of poliomyelitis
1908

With Erwin Popper he showed that polio was caused by a transmissible agent.

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Emigrated and joined the Rockefeller Institute
1922

Moved to New York to work at the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research.

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Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
1930

Honored for his discovery of human blood groups.

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Co-discovered the Rhesus (Rh) blood factor
1940

With Alexander Wiener he identified the Rh factor in blood.

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Died in New York City
26 June 1943

Died after suffering a heart attack in his laboratory.

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