Thomas H. Weller(1915–2008)
MedicineThomas Huckle Weller 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.
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Awards & Recognition
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
1954for their discovery of the ability of poliomyelitis viruses to grow in cultures of various types of tissue
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Co-winners
Shared the same award in the same year
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John Franklin Enders
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1954)
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Thomas Huckle Weller
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1954)
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Frederick Chapman Robbins
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1954)
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John F. Enders
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1954)
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Frederick C. Robbins
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1954)
Education
Harvard Medical School
Pioneer High School
University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
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