The Nomination Database for the
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1901-1953
| Year |
Nominator |
Nominee(s) |
Motivation |
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| 1937 |
Kleine |
Theiler |
Work on the action of yellow fever virus on mice. |
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| 1948 |
Sabin |
Theiler |
Discovery that the tissue affinity of the yellow fever virus could be altered by
passage through different species and by cultivation on various tissues; that
such a modified virus could be used as a basis for an effective vaccine. |
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