blood transfusions became safer thanks to karl landsteiner in 1901.
blood transfusions became safer thanks to karl landsteiner in 1901.
what year did blood transfusions become safer thanks to karl landsteiner?
1901
in 1900 karl landsteiner found out that the blood of two people under contact agglutinates, and in 1901 he found that this effect was due to contact of blood with blood serum. as a result, he succeeded in identifying the three blood groups a, b and o, which he labelled c, of human blood. landsteiner also found out that blood transfusion between persons with the same blood group did not lead to the destruction of blood cells, whereas this occurred between persons of different blood groups. based on his findings, the first successful blood transfusion was performed by reuben ottenberg at mount sinai hospital in new york in 1907.
karl landsteiner
karl landsteiner memorial award









































the karl landsteiner memorial award is a scientific award given by the american association of blood banks (aabb) to scientists with "an international reputation in transfusion medicine or cellular therapies" "whose original research resulted in an important contribution to the body of scientific knowledge". recipients give a lecture at the aabb annual meeting and receive a $7,500 honorarium. the prize was initiated in 1954 to honor karl landsteiner, whose research laid the foundation for modern blood transfusion therapy.









































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bullet::::- 1954 reuben ottenberg









































bullet::::- 1955 richard lewisohn









































bullet::::- 1956 philip levine, alexander solomon wiener
karl landsteiner memorial award