Henrietta Lacks

Henrietta Lacks

female, deceased (1951)
Johns Hopkins University, medical research, culture, tumor, bioethics, hela cell…microbiologicalculture
Henrietta Lacks (August 18, 1920 - October 4, 1951) was the involuntary donor of cells from her cancerous tumor, which were cultured by George Otto...
Gerhard Armauer Hansen

Gerhard Armauer Hansen

male, deceased (1912)
etiological, death from cardiovascular disease, microbiologicalculture, Etiology, Lofoten, epidemiological
Gerhard Henrik Armauer Hansen was a Norwegian physician, remembered for his identification of the bacterium "Mycobacterium leprae" as the causative...
Edmond Nocard

Edmond Nocard

male, deceased (1903)
Biologist, veterinary medicine, Jurisprudence, Seine-et-Marne, blood serum, Provins…microbiologicalculture, culture media
Edmond Nocard, was a French veterinarian and microbiologist, born in Provins (Seine-et-Marne, France). Nocard studied veterinary medicine from 1868...