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Thomas Huckle Weller

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American virologist (1915-2008)

United StatesScientistsLived 1915 to 2008 · aged 93
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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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1980Alexander Fleming Award
1954Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
1953E. Mead Johnson Award

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Country
United States
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1915 to 2008 · aged 93
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