English: Title: Historical: People: Gallo, Robert C. and Sabin, Albert B.
Description: On the left: Robert C. Gallo, M.D., former Biomedical Researcher at
the National Institutes of Health. He is best known for his work with
the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), the infectious agent
responsible for the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS).
On the right: Albert B. Sabin, M.D., discoverer of the polio vaccine.
In 1961, the United States Public Health Service endorsed his "live" polio-virus vaccine. Prepared with cultures of attenuated polio viruses, it could be taken orally to prevent contraction of the disease. It was this vaccine that effectively eliminated polio from the United States.
See also http://www.history.nih.gov/NIHInOwnWords/docs/page_12.html.
Subjects (names): Gallo, Robert C.
Sabin, Albert, B.
Topics/Categories: Historical -- People
Type: B&W
Source: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Author: Unknown
Date Created: August 1985
Date Added: 12/15/2009
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