Who discovered passive immunity?

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(B) Passive immunity was discovered by $Emil 	ext{ } von 	ext{ } Behring$ and $Shibasaburo 	ext{ } Kitasato$ in $1890$. They demonstrated that immu

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(B) Passive immunity was discovered by $Emil 	ext{ } von 	ext{ } Behring$ and $Shibasaburo 	ext{ } Kitasato$ in $1890$. They demonstrated that immunity could be transferred from an immunized animal to a non-immunized one through the serum, which contained antibodies. $Emil 	ext{ } von 	ext{ } Behring$ was awarded the first Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in $1901$ for his work on serum therapy, particularly its application against diphtheria.

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