Albert Sabin: the development of an oral poliovirus vaccine

Title: Albert Sabin: the development of an oral poliovirus vaccine
Creator: Smith, Derek R.; Leggat, Peter A.
Relation: Pioneers of Medicine Without a Nobel Prize p. 75-89
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/9781783263851_0005
Publisher: Imperial College Press
Resource Type: book chapter
Date: 2014
Description: This book brings together in one volume fifteen discoveries that have had a major impact upon medical science and the practice of medicine but where the scientists involved have not been awarded a Nobel Prize. Its aim is to publicize the achievements of these lesser-known heroes of our time and thereby inform and entertain the reader, whether medical student, professor or scientifically-minded layman. The following sections are included: Introduction ; The Early Years of Albert Sabin ; The Historical Development of Poliovirus Knowledge ; The Development of a Poliovirus Vaccine ; Albert Sabin: Publications and Recognition ; Why the Sabin Vaccine was a Pioneering Development ; The Sabin Vaccine Today ; Albert Sabin, Polio and the Nobel Prize ; Epilogue ; Acknowledgements ; References.
Subject: medicine; pioneers of medicine; Albert Sabin; poliovirus; Sabin vaccine
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1067188
Identifier: uon:18332
Identifier: ISBN:9781783263844
Language: eng