Gerhard Domagk
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Gerhard Domagk was a German bacteriologist who lived from 1895 to 1964 and made important discoveries in fighting bacterial infections. His work laid the foundation for the development of antibiotics, which revolutionized medicine by giving doctors effective tools to treat previously deadly diseases.
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- Introducing mothur: Open-Source, Platform-Independent, Community-Supported Software for Describing and Comparing Microbial Communities
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- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
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- A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
· 2012 · cited 9,222x
- 2018 ESC/ESH Guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension
· 2018 · cited 8,141x
- 2020 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of atrial fibrillation developed in collaboration with the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS)
· 2020 · cited 8,051x
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Gerhard Johannes Paul Domagk ( German pronunciation: [ˈɡeːɐ̯haʁt ˈdoːmak] ; 30 October 1895 – 24 April 1964) was a German pathologist and bacteriologist.
He is credited with the discovery of sulfonamidochrysoidine (KL730) as an antibiotic for which he received the 1939 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. The drug became the first commercially available antibiotic and marketed under the brand name Prontosil.
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1895 births1964 deathsAcademic staff of the University of GreifswaldAcademic staff of the University of MünsterBayer peopleForeign members of the Royal SocietyGerman Army personnel of World War IGerman bacteriologistsGerman fellows of the Royal SocietyGerman Nobel laureatesGerman pathologistsMedical doctors from the Province of Brandenburg