- Serafino Belfanti
Serafino Belfanti (
March 28 ,1860 –March 6 ,1939 ) was an Italianimmunologist , founder of the Istituto Sieroterapico Milanese, the first Italian medical and vaccine research institute.He was born in
Castelletto sopra Ticino , nearNovara .After graduating in medical sciences, he worked at the
Pasteur Institute inParis and later with Prof. Koch. In 1932 he was made an Italian senator "honoris causa". [ [http://notes9.senato.it/Web/senregno.NSF/d0ccee645c7b1ea7c1257114003820d1/ec1759fe0d706a674125646f0058c1d8?OpenDocument Scheda senatore BELFANTI Serafino ] at notes9.senato.it]He died in
Milan in 1939.Notes
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