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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 (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.
- 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 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...
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.
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.
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 ...
