Aleksandra Troitskaya

Aleksandra Sergeyevna Troitskaya (Russian: Алекса́ндра Серге́евна Тро́ицкая; 1896 — 1979) was a Soviet microbiologist-leprologist, candidate of medical sciences. Author of cancer vaccine.[1][2] Honorary Citizen of Kaluga (1996).[3]

Aleksandra Troitskaya
Born
Aleksandra Sergeyevna Troitskaya

(1896-05-26)26 May 1896
Bryankovo, Likhvinsky County, Kaluga Governorate, Russian Empire
Died19 April 1979(1979-04-19) (aged 82)
Kaluga, Soviet Union
NationalityRussian
Alma materKharkiv National Medical University
Occupationdoctor

Biography

Troitskaya was born in Bryankovo (now in Suvorovsky District of Tula Oblast), grew up in Kaluga.[3]

In 1917 she graduated from the Kaluga Diocesan School (she also studied with Konstantin Tsiolkovsky). In 1920s she worked as a teacher[3].

In 1934 she graduated from Kharkiv National Medical University. In 1940-1951 a microbiologist, from 1946 Senior Researcher of the Astrakhan Leprosarium[4].

In 1946, at the Kazan Federal University, she defended her thesis on pain biotherapy in the treatment of leprosy.[5]

Since 1951 (after retirement) she worked as a microbiologist in the laboratory of the Kaluga Oncologic Dispensary.[4]

He discovered new strains of corynebacteria — Corynebacterium Krestovnikova / Troitskaya.[6][7]

Aleksandra Troitskaya died in 1979. Buried on Pyatnitskoye Cemetery in Kaluga.

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References
  1. Трагическая судьба одного открытия
  2. Вакцина против рака – открытие и закрытие
  3. Тайна Александры Троицкой
  4. Лаборатория инновационных биомедицинских технологий
  5. Александра Троицкая. Изобретатель и рационализатор
  6. RussianPatents.com – free online patent search by keyword, and category numbers in Russia Base inventions and the USSR
  7. О препарате Крестовниковой-Троицкой (КТ)
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