Karl Landsteiner’s Death – Cause and Date

The doctor Karl Landsteiner died at the age of 75. Here is all you want to know, and more!

Biography - A Short Wiki

Important figure in biology and medicine who is notable for having developed the system for classification of blood types. He also helped discover the polio virus.

His father Leopold was a Viennese journalist who passed away when Karl was six years old.

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It is very kind of you to consider the possibility of my working in Pasadena, an idea which certainly is attractive, especially since it would hold out the prospect of your cooperation or advice.

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Owing to the difficulty of dealing with substances of high molecular weight we are still a long way from having determined the chemical characteristics and the constitution of proteins, which are regarded as the principal con-stituents of living organisms.