Metch·ni·koff

(mĕch′nĭ-kôf′, myĕch′nĭ-kəf), Élie Originally Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov 1845-1916.

Russian zoologist. He shared a 1908 Nobel Prize for work in immunology, especially the process of phagocytosis.

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Metchnikoff

(French mɛtʃnikɔf; Russian ˈmjetʃnikəf)

(Biography) Élie (eli). 1845–1916, Russian bacteriologist in France. He formulated the theory of phagocytosis and shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1908

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Metch•ni•koff

(ˌmɛtʃ nɪˈkɔf, -ˌkɒf)

n.

Élie (Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov), 1845–1916, Russian zoologist and bacteriologist in France.

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Introduction Russian microbiologist Elie Metchnikoff is believed to have first coined the term "gerontology" - the comprehensive multidisciplinary study of aging and older adults - in 1903.

The Field of Gerontology: Views from the Past, Present and Future

From Metchnikoff to Monsanto and beyond: The path of microbial control.

The Effect of Pyrethrum and Bacillus thuringiensis Biopesticides on Diprion pini L. and Neodiprion sertifer (Geoffr.) (Hymenoptera: Diprionidae) Larvae

Elie Metchnikoff (1845-1916) was a Russian-born scientist who developed an interest in the study of beneficial microbes.

Postbiotic Metabolites: The New Frontier in Microbiome Science

The Theory of Metchnikoff proposed that phagocytes ingested and destroyed invading bacteria and therefore provided the basis of innate cellular immunity.

Complement testing--past, present, and future

In 1908, Metchnikoff (1) in his thesis dissertation entitled "The prolongation of life" associated the systematic ingestion of Bulgarian fermented milk and yoghurt to the longevity of the Caucasian people, recognizing the health profits of dairy fermented foods.

Functions of the Human Intestinal Microbiota in Relation to Functional Foods

Section two, 'The Making of the Work', offers a fascinating depiction of interwoven scientific, literary, political and family networks, introducing the stellar cast of Reclus's networks of collaborators--his own family, as well as Paul Robin, James Guillaume, Peter Kropotkin and Leon Metchnikoff. Ferretti's extensive primary research across a wide range of sources allows him to describe their working relationships and the personal bonds underpinning them.

Elisee Reclus: Pour une geographie nouvelle

Since their initial description by Elie Metchnikoff as immune cells mediating phagocytosis [20], we now know that macrophage function is not restricted to simply engulfing unicellular pathogens such as bacteria and protozoa but represents a large and heterogeneous family of cell subsets displaying different functions in physiological and pathological processes.

Macrophage Activation and Functions during Helminth Infection: Recent Advances from the Laboratory Mouse

Probiotics: 100 years (1907-2007) after Elie Metchnikoff's observations.

Screening of lactic acid bacteria with immune modulating property, and the production of lactic acid bacteria mediated fermented soymilk

26), at the same time laying claim to anarchist geographies' roots and genealogies, including figures such as Pyotr Kropotkin (1842-1921), Elisee Reclus (1830-1905), Lev Mecnikov/Leon Metchnikoff (1838-1888) and others (Pelletier, 2013; Springer, 2016).

Evolution and revolution: Anarchist geographies, modernity and poststructuralism

Constatacao essa que tambem reforcada pelo medico Elie Metchnikoff (26), ganhador do premio Nobel da Medicina em 1908, em razao de seus estudos sobre o envelhecimento.

THE JUSTICIABILITY PUBLIC POLICIES OF ELDERLY HEALTH/A JUSTICIALIDADE DAS POLITICAS PUBLICAS DE SAUDE DO IDOSO