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Karl Landsteiner

Karl Landsteiner (1868-1943), Austrian biologist. Landsteiner studied blood chemistry and transfusions, and in 1909 developed the modern system of classification of blood groups, and in 1930 received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

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Biography at the Nobel e-Museum (http://www.nobel.se/medicine/laureates/1930/landsteiner-bio)

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