EAN: 9781461270812

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Dr. Hilary Koprowski is the pioneer of live polio vaccine  the first researcher to advance the
diagnostic and therapeutic use of monoclonal antibodies  and the developer of the gold standard
rabies vaccine. This biography chronicles his distinguished career and life's work in the field
of microbiology. A world-reknowned maverick in biomedical research  Koprowski's research
methods were often considered controversial and even radical. Nonetheless  he acquired key
positions in many research organizations  such as the Rockefeller Foundation  Lederle Labs  and
Wistar Institute  initiating landmark studies from cancer research to multiple sclerosis. One
of his crowning achievements  the successful crusade for monoclonal antibodies  resulted in his
founding of Centocor  a forerunner in the corporate world of biomedicine. This account of
Koprowski's life history is a mixture of personal interviews  anecdotes  and legends of the art
and science behind the man.

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