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Max Theiler (30 January 1899 – 11 August 1972) was a South African-American virologist and physician. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1951 for developing a vaccine against yellow fever in 1937, becoming the first African-born Nobel laureate.
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- Virology
Apr 11, 2024 · Max Theiler (born January 30, 1899, Pretoria, South Africa—died August 11, 1972, New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.) was a South African-born American microbiologist who won the 1951 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for his development of a vaccine against yellow fever.
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Although their discovery led to aggressive mosquito control that was greatly effective, it remained for Dr Max Theiler to develop a vaccine against the dreaded disease. Dr Theiler made his discovery at the Rockefeller Institute after he moved to the US, and capped his career by winning the 1951 Nobel Prize in Medicine.
- Siang Yong Tan, Kate Pettigrew
- 2017
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Nov 11, 2007 · Recently released Nobel archives now reveal how the advances in the yellow fever vaccine field were evaluated more than 50 years ago, and how this led to a prize for Max Theiler. Yellow fever disease has caused life-threatening epidemics throughout the last 500 years of human civilization.
- Erling Norrby
- 2007
May 21, 2018 · Max Theiler. The South African-born American epidemiologist and microbiologist Max Theiler (1899-1972) received the 1951 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for developing a vaccine for yellow fever. Max Theiler was born in Pretoria, South Africa, on January 30, 1899. His early schooling was in Pretoria and, because his father was Swiss, in ...
The 1951 Nobel Prize for medicine or physiology was awarded to South African physician and microbiologist Max Theiler for his discoveries concerning yellow fever and its treatment. His work not only resulted in the development of a vaccine against yellow fever but also showed how vaccines could be developed against other diseases.
When the virus was transferred between mice, a weakened form of the virus was created that gave monkeys immunity. In 1937, Theiler was able to develop an even weaker version of the virus. This version could be used as a vaccine for people. Max Theiler was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1951.
