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Albert Sabin. Albert Bruce Sabin ( / ˈseɪbɪn / SAY-bin; August 26, 1906 – March 3, 1993) was a Polish-American medical researcher, best known for developing the oral polio vaccine, which has played a key role in nearly eradicating the disease. In 1969–72, he served as the president of the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel.
Apr 5, 2024 · Albert Bruce Sabin (born Aug. 26, 1906, Białystok, Poland, Russian Empire—died March 3, 1993, Washington, D.C., U.S.) was a Polish American physician and microbiologist best known for developing the oral polio vaccine. He was also known for his research in the fields of human viral diseases, toxoplasmosis, and cancer. Jonas Salk announced ...
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Albert Bruce Sabin. It was his mentor, William Hallock Park, famous for his research into a diphtheria vaccine, who in 1931 first urged Sabin to study poliomyelitis. In that year, Sabin had just finished his medical studies and polio was again raging in the United States, causing ≈17,000 cases of disease annually.
- Davide Orsini, Mariano Martini
- Emerg Infect Dis. 2022 Mar; 28(3): 743-746.
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May 23, 2018 · Albert Bruce Sabin was born in Bialystok, Russia (now Poland ), on August 26, 1906. His parents, Jacob and Tillie Sabin, immigrated to the United States in 1921 to escape the extreme poverty suffered under the czarist regime. They settled in Paterson, New Jersey, and Sabin's father became involved in the silk and textile business.
Mar 3, 1993 · Sabin served as research professor at the University of South Carolina until 1982. In 1980 he traveled to Brazil to deal with a new outbreak of polio, and retired from medicine in 1986. Sabin died March 3, 1993, of heart failure. Sabin's work on a vaccine for the polio virus affected millions of people.
May 11, 2018 · Sabin, Albert Bruce. Albert Sabin (1906-1993) developed the "live" polio vaccine, beating rival Jonas Salk's "killed" virus vaccine. Sabin's vaccine is widely used and has saved many from the paralysis associated with polio. Sabin was born in Bialystock, Poland (then part of Russia) and emigrated with his family to the United States in 1921.
