Élie Metchnikoff (1845–1916): celebrating 100 years of cellular immunology and beyond

Nature Reviews Immunology 16, 651 (2016). doi:10.1038/nri.2016.89 Authors: David M. Underhill, Siamon Gordon, Beat A. Imhof, Gabriel Núñez & Philippe Bousso The year 2016 marks 100 years since the death of Élie Metchnikoff (1845–1916), the Russian zoologist who pioneered the study of cellular immunology and who is widely credited with the discovery of phagocytosis, for which he was jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or
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