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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.
- Poland (until 1930), United States (since 1930)
- Oral polio vaccine
- March 3, 1993 (aged 86), Washington, D.C., U.S.
Apr 5, 2024 · toxoplasmosis. virus. 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.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
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. At the beginning of the polio eradication initiative in 1988, the World Health ...
- Davide Orsini, Mariano Martini
- Emerg Infect Dis. 2022 Mar; 28(3): 743-746.
- 10.3201/eid2803.204699
- 2022/03
Mar 4, 1993 · Albert Bruce Sabin was born Aug. 26, 1906, in Bialystok, Poland, then a part of Imperial Russia. He and his family immigrated to the United States in 1921, at least partly to escape the ...
Jonas Salk and Albert Bruce Sabin. In the 1950s Salk and Sabin developed separate vaccines—one from killed virus and the other from live virus—to combat the dreaded polio disease. In the early 1950s, 25,000 to 50,000 new cases of polio occurred each year. Jonas Salk (1914–1995) became a national hero when he allayed the fear of the ...
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 1, 2018 · Gene Smith/AP. M edicine and public health lost a luminary 25 years ago this week with the death of Dr. Albert Sabin. During his life, Sabin became a household name, famous the world over for his ...
