Isabel Morgan
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Isabel Merrick Morgan (also Morgan Mountain) (20 August 1911 – 18 August 1996) was an American virologist at Johns Hopkins University, who prepared an experimental vaccine that protected monkeys against polio in a research team with David Bodian and Howard A. Howe.[1][2] Their research led to the identification of three distinct serotypes of poliovirus, all of which must be incorporated for a vaccine to provide complete immunity from poliomyelitis. Morgan was the first to successfully use a killed-virus for polio inoculation in monkeys. After she married in 1949, she left the field of polio research in part because she was uncomfortable with trials that tested polio vaccines on the nerve tissue of children.[3] She then worked on epidemiological studies on air pollution. Later in life, she was a consultant for studies of cancer therapies at the Sloan-Kettering Cancer Institute.[4]
Isabel Merrick Morgan | |
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Born | (1911-08-20)August 20, 1911 |
Died | August 18, 1996(1996-08-18) (aged 84) |
Nationality | American |
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Known for | Research into polio immunization |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Virologist |
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