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Pierre-Paul Émile Roux

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French physician, bacteriologist and immunologist (1853-1933)

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Pierre Paul Émile Roux FRS was a French physician, bacteriologist and immunologist. Roux was one of the closest collaborators of Louis Pasteur (1822-1895), a co-founder of the Pasteur Institute, and responsible for the institute's production of the anti-diphtheria serum, the first effective therapy for this disease.

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1917Copley Medal
1913Foreign Member of the Royal Society
1889Croonian Medal and Lecture
Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour

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Pierre Paul Émile Roux FRS was a French physician, bacteriologist and immunologist. Roux was one of the closest collaborators of Louis Pasteur (1822-1895), a co-founder of the Pasteur Institute, and responsible for the institute's production of the anti-diphtheria serum, the first effective therapy for this disease. Additionally, he investigated cholera, chicken-cholera, rabies, and tuberculosis. Roux is regarded as a founder of the field of immunology.

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France
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Lived 1853 to 1933 · aged 79
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