Thomas Huckle Weller
American virologist (1915-2008) · United States · On the map · Scientists · Died at 93
Thomas Huckle Weller was an American virologist. He, John Franklin Enders and Frederick Chapman Robbins were awarded a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1954 for showing how to cultivate poliomyelitis viruses in a test tube, using a combination of human embryonic skin and muscle tissue.
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2008Died23 August 20081980Alexander Fleming AwardAward1954Nobel Prize in Physiology or MedicineAward1953E. Mead Johnson AwardAward1915Born15 June 1915
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United States
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
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Lived 1915 to 2008 · aged 93
