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Later in the 19th century investigators, such as Louis Pasteur established laboratories to investigate the minute causes of infectious disease: the germs. The result was new and reliable forms of diagnosis, a far better understanding of the workings of the human body and its weaknesses, and cures for diseases as well as ways - especially with vaccines - of protecting people from illnesses in the first place. (BBC News -- Health)
Grape juice might be good for the heart Feb 1, 2007
Researchers at the Universite Louis Pasteur de Strasbourg were examining the effect on the heart of Concord grape juice. Grape juice can have a similar effect (against heart disease) as red wine but without the alcohol. (MSNBC -- Health)
GUEST VIEW: Fortune favors the prepared mind Jan 28, 2007
As Louis Pasteur said, Fortune favors the prepared mind. Junker is the president of the Cotter Schools. (Winona Daily News, MN)
The dish on Petri Jan 26, 2007
But while Koch is highly esteemed among modern-day scientists the putative father of germ theory, co-founder of modern bacteriology with Louis Pasteur his name isn't broadly recalled. That distinction belongs to a one-time lab assistant, a fellow named Julius Petri, who invented a dish. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Greatest Medical Advance: Sanitation Jan 21, 2007
In the late 1800s, Louis Pasteur was the first to suggest that disease is caused by exposure to microorganisms. Others furthered the theory, showing that specific diseases are caused by specific "bugs.". (WebMD)
SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE LIFESTYLE BUDGET Jan 21, 2007
George Arliss did it for portraying Benjamin Disraeli and Paul Muni for his turn as Louis Pasteur in Oscar's earliest years. In the next eight decades, the list would grow with actors embodying well-known subjects and not-so-well known or instantly recognizable. (Scripps Howard News Wire)
Performers win by portraying actual people Jan 20, 2007
George Arliss did it for portraying Benjamin Disraeli and Paul Muni for his turn as Louis Pasteur in Oscar's earliest years. In the next eight decades, the list would grow with actors embodying well-known subjects (Paul Gauguin in "Lust for Life," Mahatma Gandhi in "Gandhi" and Bela Lugosi in "Ed Wood") and not-so-well known or instantly recognizable (Sister Helen Prejean in "Dead Man Walking," John Bayley in "Iris" and Alicia Nash in "A Beautiful Mind"). (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Biographical dramas spin film gold Jan 20, 2007
1936: Paul Muni, "The Story of Louis Pasteur" (Louis Pasteur). 1938: Spencer Tracy, "Boys Town" (Father Flanagan). (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Sanitation a Top Medical Milestone Jan 20, 2007
Louis Pasteur established the germ theory in the 1860s, but it didn't really catch on until almost 1880. Germ theory is pretty important, and a good contender. (ABC News)
'Magic Bullet' Antibiotics Missing Target Jan 10, 2007
The idea of bacteria fighting other bacteria was actually first put forth by Louis Pasteur, as part of his germ theory of disease. However, during the 1800s, the technology did not exist to reliably identify helpful bacteria or replicate them. (Click2Houston, TX)
Penicillin to the Pill, what is the greatest medical miracle? Jan 5, 2007
" The shortlist includes antibiotics, discovered in 1929 in London by Alexander Fleming when he found that penicillin attacked certain bacteria. Anaesthesia is also a contender. Another breakthrough was the use of the first anti-psychotic drug, Chlorpromazine, to treat mental illness after it was synthesised in 1950 by Paul Charpentier. Two other important milestones include X-rays - discovered by accident in 1895 by German physicist Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen while experimenting with a set of... (Daily Mail)
Albright: In lieu of getting a hobby, I am now an expert on yeast Jan 4, 2007
Yeast turned scientific in 1859 when Louis Pasteur figured out how it works. Nine years after Pasteur s discovery, Fleischmann s Yeast was founded and modern baking was born. (Sioux Falls Tri-State Neighbor, SD)
A loafer's guide to baking Jan 2, 2007
In fact, the 6000-year-old process hasn't changed much since French scientist Louis Pasteur made the commercial production of standardised yeast possible in 1859. The introduction of the gas stove, the electric mixer and the food processor made the process easier, faster and more reliable. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
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