Ernest William Goodpasture
Ernest William Goodpasture (October 17, 1886 – September 20, 1960) was an American pathologist and physician. Goodpasture advanced the scientific understanding of the pathogenesis of infectious diseases, parasitism, and a variety of rickettsial and viral infections. Together with colleagues at Vanderbilt University, he invented methods for growing viruses and rickettsiae in chicken embryos and fertilized chicken eggs. This enabled the development of vaccines against influenza, chicken pox, smallpox, yellow fever, typhus, Rocky mountain spotted fever, and other diseases. He also described Goodpasture syndrome.
Ernest William Goodpasture | |
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Ernest Goodpasture (in 1955) | |
| Born | October 17, 1886 Clarksville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Died | September 20, 1960 (aged 73) Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Vanderbilt University, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine |
| Known for | Goodpasture syndrome |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Pathology and infectious diseases |
| Institutions | Harvard Medical School, Vanderbilt University, & Armed Forces Institute of Pathology |
| Doctoral advisor | George H. Whipple |
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