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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.
Hilary Koprowski (Varsovia, Polonia, 5 de diciembre de 1916 - Filadelfia, USA, 11 de abril de 2013) fue un virólogo e inmunólogo, inventor de la primera vacuna efectiva contra la poliomielitis. Para ésta utilizó la administración oral del virus de la polio atenuado.
20 de abr. de 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...
17 de may. de 2013 · In 1958 Koprowski’s vaccine was safely administered to ∼250,000 individuals in the Belgian Congo. His brilliant, sometimes abrasive and forceful personality, and his affiliation to industry and not to academia, might have determined the future of his vaccine.
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.
14 de abr. de 2013 · PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Dr. Hilary Koprowski, a pioneering virologist who developed the first successful oral vaccination for polio, has died. He was 96. Although not as well-known as fellow researchers Jonas Salk and Albert Sabin, Koprowski in 1950 became the first to show it was possible to vaccinate against polio, the crippling and ...
16 de jun. de 2015 · Dr Koprowski was recognized for many achievements, most notably the development of the first oral polio vaccine, but also for the generation of the oral rabies vaccine currently used worldwide and for his pioneering work in developing monoclonal antibodies to detect and treat cancer.
