Borrel body

Borrel body
Bor·rel body bə-'rel-, bȯr-'el- n one of the particles making up a Bollinger body
Bor·rel bȯr-el Amédée (1867-1936)
French bacteriologist. With Albert L. C. Calmette, Borrel developed in 1895 a vaccine for use against bubonic plague. In 1898 he diagnosed sheep pox. He also investigated cancer, cell division in tumors, the action of glycogen on tumors, tuberculosis, and bacteriophages.

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