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Albert B. Sabin
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Jewish-Polish-American physician and epidemiologist who developed oral polio vaccines (1906-1993)
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Albert B. Sabin was a male virologist, university teacher, inventor, and pathologist born in Białystok in 1906. He held citizenship in the United States and the Russian Empire. His field of work included immunology, and he was educated at New York University and the Grossman School of Medicine. Sabin participated in World War II and served as a chairperson. He worked at the University of South Carolina, the University of Cincinnati, and the Weizmann Institute of Science.
His notable work includes the polio vaccine. Sabin received the Bavarian Order of Merit, the National Medal of Science, the Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He was a member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the Royal Academy of Medicine of Belgium. He died of heart failure from natural causes in Washington, D.C., on March 3, 1993, and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1906
- Works
- 4
Top works
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- Nutrition as a factor in the development of constitutional barriers to involvement of the nervous system by certain viruses
- Viruses and cancer
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Key facts
- Born
- Abram Saperstejn , ( 1906-08-26 ) August 26, 1906, Białystok , Russian Empire , (now Poland )
- Died
- March 3, 1993 (1993-03-03) (aged 86), Washington, D.C. , U.S.
- Citizenship
- Poland (until 1930), US (since 1930)
- Alma mater
- New York University ( BS , MD )
- Known for
- Oral polio vaccine
- Spouses
- Sylvia Tregillus ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1935 ; died 1966 ) Jane Warner (died 2002) ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1967 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1971 ) Heloisa Dunshee de Abranches ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1972 ) (died 2016)
- Awards
- E. Mead Johnson Award (1941), National Medal of Science (1970), John Howland Award (1974), Presidential Medal of Freedom (1986)
- Fields
- Immunology , virology
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Official website
Sabin Vaccine Institute | Extending Vaccine Accessibility & Innovation
Home: Sabin: Making Vaccines Accessible, Driving Innovation, Expanding Global Immunization Efforts Learn more.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Bruce
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Russian Empire
- Place of birth
- Białystok
- Place of death
- Washington, D.C.
- Occupation
- physician
- Position held
- chairperson
- Educated at
- Grossman School of Medicine
- Employer
- University of Cincinnati
- Notable work
- polio vaccine
- Field of work
- immunology
- Conflict
- World War II
- Official website
- www.sabin.org
- Image
- Albert Sabin.jpg
- Work location
- Weizmann Institute of Science
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- Commons category
- Albert Sabin
- date of birth
- 1906-08-26
- member of
- National Academy of Sciences
- cause of death
- heart failure
- place of burial
- Arlington National Cemetery
- date of death
- 1993-03-03
- name in native language
- Albert Bruce Sabin
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview
Albert Bruce Sabin (/ˈseɪbɪn/ SAY-bin; born Abram Saperstejn; August 26, 1906 – March 3, 1993) was a Polish-American medical researcher, best known for developing the oral polio vaccine, which has played a key role in nearly eradicating the disease. In 1969–1972, he served as the president of the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel.
Biography
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