ÉLIE METCHNIKOFF’S LEGACY IN THE FIELD OF ORTHOBIOSIS

• DOI: 10.56543/aaeeu.2023.2.1.10
• Publication Date: 2023-04-19T07:02:50Z
• Authors: Bohdana Doskaliuk
• Keywords: immunology; 0303 health sciences; 03 medical and health sciences; healthy aging; gerontology; aging; R; Medicine

Elie Metchnikoff is well known for his fundamental works in the field of cellular immunity and phagocytosis which he was awarded Nobel Prize. He gained international reputation ground-breaking research across numerous academic disciplines: biology, embryology, zoology, bacteriology, etc. The great visionary leader science launched evolutionary comparative immunology, gerontology, to name a few. Most scientific were influenced with philosophical reflections on meaning life, old age, death. This article attempts overview legacy orthobiosis, or active healthy aging. It discusses Metchnikoff’s hypothesis self-poisoning an organism related views orthobiosis.