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- NAME: Paul Ehrlich
- OCCUPATION: Immunologist
- BIRTH DATE: March 14, 1854
- DEATH DATE: August 20, 1915
- EDUCATION: University of Leipzig
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Strehlen, Germany
- PLACE OF DEATH: Bad Homburg, Germany
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Paul Ehrlich is a German Jewish medical scientist best known for discovering the first effective treatment for syphilis.
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Paul Ehrlich is a German Jewish medical scientist best known for discovering the first effective treatment for syphilis for which he received the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1908 with his partner Élie Metchnikoff. Ehrlich was also a pioneer in the in the fields of chemotherapy, hematology and immunology. He made great strides for the advancement of medicine during his lifetime.
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