Legends Of Allergology/Immunology: Per Brandtzaeg - Pillar Of Mucosal Immunology

After graduating dental school,Per Brandtzaeg joined the Norwegian army for his mandatory national service. During his military service, he was able to workon gingivitis and his passionfor research was lit. In 1962,he obtained a Fulbright scholarship to joinFrederick W. Kraus's laboratory at University of Alabama in Birmingham, where he became involved in the work on the immunological defense of human mucous membranes. His work was based on immunofluorescence for the localization of immunoglobulins and other proteins in human tissue sections.