Paul Ehrlich’s Side-Chain Antibody Theory (1900) Part 1

In 1900, Paul Ehrlich, considered the “Father of Chemotherapy,” took a shot at creating a theoretical explanation for how immunity occurs inside the human body. According to Ehrlich’s Nobel Prize biography, while working with Behring’s anti-diphtheria serum, Ehrlich was said to have standardized this serum in units related to a fixed and invariable standard. Previously,… Continue reading Paul Ehrlich’s Side-Chain Antibody Theory (1900) Part 1