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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.
- Poland (until 1930), United States (since 1930)
- Oral polio vaccine
- March 3, 1993 (aged 86), Washington, D.C., U.S.
Apr 5, 2024 · 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.
- 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.
- Davide Orsini, Mariano Martini
- Emerg Infect Dis. 2022 Mar; 28(3): 743-746.
- 10.3201/eid2803.204699
- 2022/03
Mar 1, 2018 · Medicine and public health lost a luminary 25 years ago with the death of Dr. Albert Sabin, who became a household name for his development of the oral polio vaccine.
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.
Apr 3, 2012 · Dr. Albert Sabin. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. Albert Bruce Sabin was born to Jewish parents in Poland in 1906 and came to the United States in 1921 when his family, fleeing religious...
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.
