Jules Bordet biography
Date of birth : 1870-06-13
Date of death : 1961-04-06
Birthplace : Soignies, Belgium
Nationality : Belgian
Category : Science and Technology
Last modified : 2011-08-16
Credited as : Microbiologist, researches of antibodies and antigens, Nobel prize for Medicine
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Jules Bordet's experiments helped establish the basics of immunology - that the body creates antibodies in a defensive response to certain antigens. With another Belgian bacteriologist, Octave Gengou, Bordet developed the complement-fixation reaction, a breakthrough which allowed August von Wassermann to develop the Wassermann test to diagnosis syphilis. The same basic principles led to diagnostic tests for typhoid fever, carbuncle, and hog cholera. Bordet and Gengou discovered B. pertussis, the microbe that causes whooping cough, leading to development of a vaccination against that deadly disease. Bordet also conducted important studies on the coagulation of blood, and discovered B. bronchiseptica, which causes infectious bronchitis. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1919.
Author of books:
Studies in immunity (1909, research)
Bacteriology, Parasitology, Infection and Immunity (1927, research)
Treatise on immunity in infectious diseases (1939, research)
