Stanley Plotkin
Stanley Plotkin · Science & Medicine
Physician who developed the rubella vaccine used worldwide.
1932, New York City, United States
United States
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Stanley Plotkin is an American physician who developed the rubella vaccine in the 1960s, now used worldwide to prevent congenital rubella syndrome, and contributed to vaccines against several other diseases. He is Jewish, born to a Jewish family in New York City. He is regarded as one of the most influential figures in modern vaccinology.
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Physician who developed the rubella vaccine used worldwide.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology
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