Birthdate: June 15, 1915
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Died: August 23, 2008
Thomas Huckle Weller, an American virologist, conducted groundbreaking research on cultivating poliomyelitis viruses in a test tube, leading to a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1954. He studied medical zoology at the University of Michigan and obtained his MD from Harvard Medical School. Weller worked at Children’s Hospital in Boston, conducted research on multiple viruses, and contributed significantly to the treatment of diseases such as schistosomiasis and Coxsackie viruses. Additionally, he isolated the virus responsible for varicella.
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