Profession: Physician and Scientist
Biography: Albert Sabin was a Polish-American medical research, known for developing the oral polio vaccine. This development has since led to the disease being nearly eradicated worldwide.
Sabin's work built on that of Jonas Salk, who developed the first inactivated poliovirus vaccine. Sabin then developed an oral vaccine which was found to be safe and effective.
The oral poliovirus vaccine went into mass-testing between 1955 and 1961, and then began to be industrially produced. He licensed a total of three separate vaccines, corresponding to the three major poliovirus strains.
Sabin notably refused to patent his vaccine, which allowed it to be produced at a low price and used all around the world. The Sabin Vaccine Institute, founded in 1993, has since continued his work.
Born: August 26, 1906
Birthplace: Bialystok, Poland, Russian Empire
Generation: Greatest Generation
Chinese Zodiac: Horse
Star Sign: Virgo
Died: March 3, 1993 (aged 86)
Cause of Death: Heart failure
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Historical Events
- 1956-10-06 Scientist Albert Sabin announces that his oral polio vaccine is ready for testing; it would soon supplant Jonas Salk's vaccine in many parts of the world
Biographies and Sources
- Jonas Salk and Albert Bruce Sabin - Science History Institute
- The Legacy of Albert B. Sabin - Sabin Vaccine Institute
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