Frederick Chapman Robbins
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[[Image: |300px| ]]Frederick Chapman Robbins
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Frederick Chapman Robbins (August 25, 1916 – August 4, 2003) was an American pediatrician and virologist.
He received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1954 along with John Franklin Enders and Thomas Huckle Weller. The award was for his breakthrough work in isolation and growth of the polio virus, paving the way for vaccines developed by Jonas Salk, Florence R. Sabin, etc. He attended school at the University of Missouri and Harvard University
References
- Zetterström, Rolf; Lagercrantz Hugo (Sep 2006). J.F. Enders (1897-1985), T.H. Weller (1915-) and F.C. Robbins (1916-2003): a simplified method for the multiplication of poliomyelitis virus. Dreams of eradicating a terrifying disease. Acta Paediatr. 95 (9): 1026-8. doi:10.1080/08035250600900073. PMID 16938745.
- (Feb 1988) The Abraham Flexner Award for distinguished service to medical education. Frederick C. Robbins, M.D. Journal of medical education 63 (2): 121-2. PMID 3276892.
- Bendiner, E (Jan 1982). Enders, Weller, and Robbins: the trio that 'fished in troubled waters'. Hosp. Pract. (Off. Ed.) 17 (1): 163, 169, 174-5 passim. PMID 6295913.
- Marshall, E (Mar 1980). Institute of Medicine names Robbins president. Science 207 (4436): 1184-5. PMID 6986655.
- Sulek, K (Dec 1968). [Nobel prizes for John F. Enders, Frederick Ch, Robbins and Thomas H. Weller in 1954 for discovery of the possibility of growing poliomyelitis virus on various tissue media]. Wiad. Lek. 21 (24): 2301-3. PMID 4303387.
Further reading
- Robbins's Nobel biography
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| NAME | Robbins, Frederick Chapman |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | American doctor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 25, 1916 |
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| DATE OF DEATH | August 4, 2003 |
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