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Maurice Ralph Hilleman (August 30, 1919 – April 11, 2005) was a leading American microbiologist who specialized in vaccinology and developed over 40 vaccines, an unparalleled record of productivity. According to one estimate, his vaccines save nearly eight million lives each year.
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Aug 27, 2016 · Maurice Ralph Hilleman (1919–2005) was one of the greatest microbiologists/vaccinologists of all time. He played a key role in developing vaccines for Asian flu in 1957 and Hong Kong flu in 1968. Over six decades, most of which were spent at Merck & Company, his leadership and innovations blazed new trails in virology, epidemiology ...
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Lived 1919 - 2005. Maurice Hilleman invented eight of the fourteen vaccines used in routine vaccination schedules today. In an unusually long and productive career in science he developed over 40 vaccines - an enormous number compared with more celebrated scientists, such as Pasteur, Sabin, and Salk.
Prolific Vaccine Creator. Overview. Timeline. It is an understatement to say that Maurice Hilleman, PhD, was prolific in his work on vaccines. Maurice Hilleman was born in Montana in 1919. He grew up on his uncle’s farm during the Great Depression, due to losing his mother and twin sister at birth.
May 6, 2013 · The name Maurice Hilleman may not ring a bell. But today 95 percent of American children receive the M.M.R. — the vaccine for measles, mumps and rubella that Dr. Hilleman invented, starting...
May 29, 2020 · Virologist Maurice Hilleman saved millions of children—and stopped a 1957 pandemic. Virologist Maurice Hilleman with his research team at the Walter Reed Army Medical Research Institute in...
Apr 13, 2017 · Maurice Ralph Hilleman developed vaccines at the Merck Institute of Therapeutic Research in West Point, Pennsylvania, during the twentieth century. Over the course of his career at Merck, Hilleman created over forty vaccines, making him one of the most prolific developers of vaccine in the twentieth century.
