The 1st Nobel Prize: Med/Physio 1901 - Serum Therapy (2023)
Channel: PhiloSlothopher Productions
Date: 2023-09-24

This is a video essay on the first Nobel Prize to be awarded in Medicine/Physiology (1901), to Emil von Behring and Kitasato Shibasaburo for their work on Serum Therapy.

You may find it starts off with a short biography behind these pioneers and delving into their stories. We also explore the theory underlying convalescent plasma therapy (aka serum therapy) itself: its historical applications, as well as present-day and future application of serotherapy in dealing with diseases, be it local epidemics, to global pandemics.

Timestamps: 
00:00 - PhiloSlothopher Intro
00:09 - Preview
00:27 - Introduction
01:04 - Who as Emil von Behring?
02:15 - Optociliary Neurotomy
04:24 - Diphtheria
05:22 - Discovering Diphtheria-Immunity in Animals
06:29 - Isolation of Diphtheria
07:54 - Manufacturing Diphtheria Antitoxin
09:23 - Serotherapy vs. Vaccines
10:39 - Invention of Tetanus - One year prior
11:15 - Who was Kitasato Shibasaburo?
12:29 - What is Tetanus?
13:05 - Kitasato's Life after Serotherapy
14:27 - Passive Immunisation
15:04 - Significance of Serotherapy
15:54- Convalescent Plasma Therapy - Timeline
17:20 - Convalescent Plasma Therapy - Spanish Flu: 1918-20
21:03 - Convalescent Plasma Therapy - within a year of outbreak: 2019-20
22:46 - Convalescent Plasma Therapy - over a year since outbreak: 2021 onwards
24:50 - Reflecting on Behring & Shibasaburo's Work - 122 years later
25:46 - Thank you for Listening

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