Behring
Americannoun
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Emil von 1854–1917, German physician and bacteriologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1901.
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Vitus Bering, Vitus.
noun
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Emil ( Adolf ) von (ˈeːmiːl fɔn). 1854–1917, German bacteriologist, who discovered diphtheria and tetanus antitoxins: Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1901
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a variant spelling of Bering
Example Sentences
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Hemgenix—developed by the pharmaceutical company CSL Behring, based in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania—uses a modified virus to deliver a gene to the recipient’s liver cells.
From Scientific American • Dec. 9, 2022
Biopharmaceutical firm CSL Behring manufactures the gene therapy treatment Hemgenix, which allows patients with hemophilia to produce a protein that makes their blood clot in open wounds and halt prolonged bleeding.
From Washington Times • Nov. 24, 2022
That clause was included in Referendum 48, which was passed in 1997 and funded the construction of Lumen Field, which was a condition of Paul Allen’s purchase of the team from Ken Behring.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 5, 2022
I thank heaven for Hilleman and John Enders, Albert Sabin, Jonas Salk, Emil von Behring and countless other virologists who transformed the world with their life-preserving vaccines.
From Washington Post • Sep. 14, 2021
Early in the eighteenth century, a brave seaman named 57 Vitus Behring was sailing under the orders of Peter the Great of Russia.
From Little Folks of North America Stories about children living in the different parts of North America by Wade, Mary Hazelton Blanchard
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