Karl Landsteiner, an Austrian physician, pathologist, and virologist, was born June 14, 1868. Until he was 54 years old, he worked in Vienna, primari

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1930 was awarded to Karl Landsteiner "for his discovery of human blood groups"

Austria Scott #813 1968 3.50S Dr. Karl Lendsteiner Discoverer of the Four Main Blood Types.

Born: 14 June 1868, Vienna, Austria Died: 26 June 1943, The Rockefeller University, New York, United States When Karl Landsteiner identified three major human blood types: A, B, and O in 1900-1901, he revolutionized medicine, allowing for safe blood transfusions and the saving of millions of lives. He also advised that blood types be used

He won the Nobel Prize in 1930

Karl Landsteiner: BLOOD GROUPS. Austrian scientist who in 1900 identified the O, A, and B blood type (the ABO blood group system). In 1922, Landsteiner moved to the Rockefeller Institute of Medical Research in New York, where he discovered an extremely powerful blood antigen he called "the Rh factor." He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1930 for his work. His colleagues in Vienna identified a fourth blood group: AB.

Karl Landsteiner was an Austrian-American biologist, physician, and immunologist. He emigrated with his family to New York in 1923 at the age of 55 for professi...

A behind-the-scene look at the life of Karl Landsteiner.

1901- In 1901 Karl Landsteiner identified the three blood groups A, B and O. Landsteiner also found out that blood transfusion between persons with the same blood group did not lead to the destruction of blood cell

Today is the 148th Birth anniversary of Karl Landsteiner.....!