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Gaston Ramon, vaccine pioneer, unfairly forgotten by Nobel

He is a shepherd like no other, with a thick mustache and hair, a full beard, hardworking and strict. “For ten years I have had no vacation, no rest, no entertainment of any kind…”written by Gaston Ramon in 1936, according to Theodore Monod, who paid tribute to him before the Academy of Sciences in 1964. “Work, and you, for the rest,” told me and even wrote Mr. Roo (then director of the Pasteur Institute, editor’s note)and I am quite determined on my part to follow this earnest advice to the letter.Ramon also testified. The male veterinarian and biologist is also a sad record holder. despite 155 nominations for the Nobel Prize in Medicine, he never won. And his name is largely forgotten today, despite several major vaccination discoveries…

After graduating from the National Veterinary School in Alfort in 1910, the young man quickly joined the Pasteur Institute. He dreams of research, but at first he has only a technical role: Gaston Ramon is responsible for producing the antitoxin…

Source: Le Figaro

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