Born 30 Jan 1899; died 11 Aug 1972 at age 73.
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American #microbiologist who won the 1951 #NobelPrize for Physiology or Medicine for his research on #yellowfever. Theiler's discovery that mice are susceptible to yellow fever facilitated research and eventual development of a #vaccine against the disease in humans. Upon graduation from medical training in tropical medicine in London, he joined the department of tropical medicine at the #Harvard Medical School, U.S. and studied infectious diseases. His research on yellow fever led to development of the first attenuated strain of the virus. He moved to the #Rockefeller Institute for Medical, N.Y. (1930-64), where with his associates he developed the improved (17-D) vaccine, widely used for human #immunization against yellow fever.
