Thomas Huckle Weller
Thomas Huckle Weller | |
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Ann Arbor, Michigan | |
| Died | August 23, 2008 (aged 93) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Michigan, Harvard Medical School |
| Known for | poliomyelitis viruses |
| Awards | E. Mead Johnson Award (1953) Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1954) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | virology |
Thomas Huckle Weller (June 15, 1915 – August 23, 2008) was an American
virologist. He, John Franklin Enders and Frederick Chapman Robbins were awarded a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1954 for showing how to cultivate poliomyelitis viruses in a test tube, using a combination of human embryonic skin and muscle tissue.[1]
Weller was born and grew up in
(CMV) viruses.In addition to his research on
varicella
.
In 1945, Weller married Kathleen Fahey, who died in 2011 aged 95. They had two sons and two daughters.
Citations
- Zetterström, Rolf; Lagercrantz, Hugo (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., vol. 95, no. 9 (published Sep 2006), pp. 1026–8, S2CID 30811791
- Ligon, B Lee (2002), "Thomas Huckle Weller MD: Nobel Laureate and research pioneer in poliomyelitis, varicella-zoster virus, cytomegalovirus, rubella, and other infectious diseases.", Seminars in Pediatric Infectious Diseases, vol. 13, no. 1 (published Jan 2002), pp. 55–63, PMID 12118846
- Kyle, R A; Shampo, M A (1997), "Thomas Huckle Weller and the successful culture of poliovirus.", Mayo Clin. Proc., vol. 72, no. 5 (published May 1997), p. 422, PMID 9146683
- Bendiner, E (1982), "Enders, Weller, and Robbins: the trio that 'fished in troubled waters'.", Hosp. Pract. (Off. Ed.), vol. 17, no. 1 (published Jan 1982), pp. 163, 169, 174–5 passim, PMID 6295913
- Sulek, K (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., vol. 21, no. 24 (published Dec 15, 1968), pp. 2301–3, PMID 4303387
References
External links
- Thomas H. Weller on Nobelprize.org including the Nobel Lecture, December 11, 1954 The Cultivation of the Poliomyelitis Viruses in Tissue Culture
- Thomas Huckle Weller papers, 1896-2007 (inclusive), 1940-1990 (bulk). H MS c357. Harvard Medical Library, Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Boston, Mass.
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