Karl Landsteiner

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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Anniversary information added.		Jun 22, 2024
	Anniversary information added.		Jun 10, 2024
	First paragraph modernization.	Encyclopaedia Britannica	Mar 20, 2024
	Add new Web site: The American Association of Immunologists - Karl O. Landsteiner.	Gloria Lotha	Apr 05, 2022
	Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Karl Landsteiner.	Gloria Lotha	Apr 05, 2022
	Add new Web site: Karl Landsteiner Society - Biography of Karl Landsteiner.	Gloria Lotha	Jan 16, 2019
	Add new Web site: Famous Scientists - Biography of Karl Landsteiner.	Thinley Kalsang Bhutia	May 02, 2017
	Add new Web site: The American Association of Immunologists - Biography of Karl Landsteiner.	Grace Young	May 12, 2014
	Add new Web site: The Nobel Foundation - Biography of Karl Landsteiner.	Yamini Chauhan	Dec 21, 2012
	Add new Web site: Universität Würzburg - Biography of Karl Landsteiner.	Yamini Chauhan	Dec 21, 2012
	Added new Web site: Jewish Virtual Library - Biography of Karl Landsteiner.	Dutta Promeet	Apr 28, 2009
	Added new Web site: Public Broadcasting Service - Biography of Karl Landsteiner.	Dutta Promeet	Apr 27, 2009
	Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Science - Biography of Karl Landsteiner.	Shiveta Singh	Feb 09, 2009
	New illustration added.	Kara Rogers	Jan 15, 2009
	Added new Web site: The Nobel Prize - Biography of Karl Landsteiner.	Gloria Lotha	Jul 23, 2007
	Article revised.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Oct 19, 2000
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998