词条 | William Pollack |
释义 |
The development of the RhoGAM vaccine has been called one of the ten greatest medical breakthroughs of the 20th Century.[1] Pollack, Freda and Gorman were awarded the Albert Lasker Clinical Medical Research Award for their achievement in 1980.[1] Pollack was born in London on February 26, 1926, to David and Rose Pollack.[1][3] He served in the Royal Navy during World War II. He enrolled at Imperial College, London after the war, earning a bachelor's degree in chemistry in 1948.[1] In 1950, Pollack received a master's degree from St. George's Hospital Medical School.[1] He then worked in the pathology department at St. George's from 1948 to 1954.[1] Pollack moved to British Columbia, Canada, in 1954 to become a director of a blood bank and clinical laboratory.[1] In 1956, he moved, this time to Raritan, New Jersey, where he joined the staff of Ortho Pharmaceutical, where he began his research on his Rh disease vaccine.[1] He would eventually become Ortho Pharmaceutical's Vice President and Director of Research.[1] Pollack obtained a doctorate in zoology at Rutgers University while researching Rh disease at Ortho.[1] Pollack later taught immunology at Rutgers University and Columbia University.[3] Dr. William Pollock died from complications of diabetes and heart disease on November 3, 2013, in Yorba Linda, California, at the age of 87.[1] He was survived by his sons, Malcolm and David, and predeceased by his wife, Alison Calder, who died in 2006.[1] References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 {{cite news|first=Thomas H.|last=Maugh II|title=William Pollack dies at 87; helped conquer deadly Rh disease |url=http://articles.latimes.com/2013/nov/17/local/la-me-william-pollack-20131117 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=2013-11-17 |accessdate=2013-12-02}} {{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Pollack, William}}2. ^{{cite news|first=|last=|title=William Pollack - Obituary |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10473564/William-Pollack-Obituary.html |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=2013-11-25 |accessdate=2013-12-02}} 3. ^1 2 3 {{cite news|first=Paul|last=Vitello|title=William Pollack Dies at 87; His Vaccine Saved Infants |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/13/us/william-pollack-dies-at-87-his-vaccine-saved-infants.html?_r=0 |work=New York Times |date=2013-11-12 |accessdate=2013-12-02}} 12 : 1926 births|2013 deaths|British immunologists|American immunologists|Rutgers University faculty|Columbia University faculty|Rutgers University alumni|Alumni of St George's, University of London|Alumni of Imperial College London|Royal Navy personnel of World War II|British emigrants to the United States|Recipients of the Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award |
随便看 |
|
开放百科全书收录14589846条英语、德语、日语等多语种百科知识,基本涵盖了大多数领域的百科知识,是一部内容自由、开放的电子版国际百科全书。