David Bodian
David Bodian · Science & Medicine
Neuroanatomist whose research on poliovirus was essential to the development of the polio vaccine.
1910, St. Louis, Missouri, USA — 1992, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
United States
David Bodian is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Neuroanatomist whose research on poliovirus was essential to the development of the polio vaccine.
David Bodian was an American neuroanatomist whose research established that poliovirus reaches the nervous system via the bloodstream and that three distinct viral types exist, findings essential to developing the polio vaccine. He was born in St. Louis to a Jewish family and worked for decades at Johns Hopkins. His work directly informed the successful vaccines of Salk and Sabin.
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Neuroanatomist whose research on poliovirus was essential to the development of the polio vaccine.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology
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