Dr. Thomas H. Weller, 93; virologist won Nobel Prize for work on polio
Wednesday, August 27, 2008 - 09:28
in Health & Medicine
Dr. Thomas H. Weller, the Harvard virologist who shared the 1954 Nobel Prize in medicine for developing techniques to grow the polio virus in the laboratory, a feat that laid the groundwork for the development of the polio vaccine and the feared virus' near-eradication from the world, died in his sleep Saturday at his home in Needham, Mass. He was 93.
Read the whole article
See latest science articles from LA Times - Health
Latest Science Newsletter
Get the latest and most popular science news articles of the week in your Inbox!Related
- Polio could be wiped out in Nigeria thanks to improved vaccine, says studyWed, 15 Oct 2008, 17:22:42 EDT
- Researchers examine evolution of genes that trigger the body's immune response to viral infectionTue, 21 Oct 2008, 12:07:56 EDT
- Iowa State University researcher developed forerunner of Nobel research in 1986Tue, 14 Oct 2008, 14:08:44 EDT
- US still leads the world in science and technologyThu, 12 Jun 2008, 0:49:27 EDT
- Iowa State physicists part of research team testing Nobel-winning theoryThu, 13 Nov 2008, 17:43:03 EST