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Hilary Koprowski (5 December 1916 – 11 April 2013) was a Polish virologist and immunologist active in the United States who demonstrated the world's first effective live polio vaccine. He authored or co-authored over 875 scientific papers and co-edited several scientific journals .
Apr 20, 2013 · Hilary Koprowski, Who Developed First Live-Virus Polio Vaccine, Dies at 96. By Margalit Fox. April 20, 2013. It was a brew to rival any in “Macbeth.” The main ingredients were rat brain...
May 17, 2013 · Hilary Koprowski (1916–2013): Vaccine pioneer, art lover, and scientific leader. Hilary Koprowski was born in Warsaw, Poland, on December 5, 1916 and obtained his medical degree from the University of Warsaw in 1939. That same year, after training in piano at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome, Koprowski moved to the Yellow Fever Research ...
Hilary Koprowski, who died this year at the age of 96, was an extraordinary person. He excelled as an innovative scientist, a director of a research institute, a classical pianist, a composer of music, a connoisseur of art, and a polyglot world traveler.
- Stanley A. Plotkin
- 10.1128/JVI.01449-13
- 2013
- J Virol. 2013 Aug; 87(15): 8270-8271.
Apr 14, 2013 · PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Dr. Hilary Koprowski, a pioneering virologist who developed the first successful oral vaccination for polio, has died. He was 96.
May 30, 2013 · Hilary Koprowski was a Polish-born biomedical researcher who developed the first oral polio vaccine and the first tissue culture rabies vaccine. He also made contributions to monoclonal antibodies, cancer immunotherapy, and multiple sclerosis research.
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Apr 14, 2013 · Dr. Hilary Koprowski, the Polish-born researcher who developed the first successful oral vaccination for polio, died this week at his Philadelphia home. He was 96.
