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Albert Bruce Sabin (/ ˈ s eɪ b ɪ n / 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.
Albert Bruce Sabin 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.
This is a photograph of Albert Bruce Sabin (1906–1993), the man who made the oral polio vaccine (Figure). Sabin’s name will always be associated with poliomyelitis, a disease that claimed millions of victims in the 20th century, particularly among children.
Mar 4, 1993 · Dr. Albert B. Sabin, the pioneering researcher on viruses and viral diseases who developed the vaccine that is the main defense against polio in the United States and much of the rest of the...
May 23, 2018 · Sabin, Albert (1906-1993) Russian American virologist. Albert Sabin developed an oral vaccine for polio that led to the once-dreaded disease's virtual extinction in the Western Hemisphere.
Although it was the first polio vaccine, it was not to be the last; Albert Bruce Sabin (1906–1993) introduced an oral vaccine in the United States in the 1960s that replaced Salk’s. Although the disease was finally brought under control because of these vaccines, the science behind them fired debate that continues to this day.
May 11, 2018 · The Polish-American physician and virologist Albert Bruce Sabin (1906-1993) developed the first effective and widely used live virus polio vaccine. Born in Poland, Sabin emigrated to the United States with his parents in 1921 in order to avoid persecutions directed against Jews.
…oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV) or Sabin vaccine—named for its inventor, American physician and microbiologist Albert Sabin—was developed. OPV contains live attenuated (weakened) virus and is given orally.
National Medal of Science recipient in 1970 “for numerous fundamental contributions to the understanding of viruses and viral diseases, culminating in the development of the vaccine which has eliminated poliomyelitis as a major threat to human health.”. Albert B. Sabin was born in Bialystok, Poland, which at the time was part of Imperial ...
Albert Bruce Sabin (August 26, 1906 – March 3, 1993) was a Polish-born American medical researcher best known for having developed an oral polio vaccine. He received many awards and honors including the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
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