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Microbiologist responsible for saving millions of lives, dies

13-04-2005 2:25pm

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FatherTed

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Dr. Maurice R. Hilleman, a microbiologist who developed vaccines for mumps, measles, chickenpox, pneumonia, meningitis and other diseases, saving tens of millions of lives, died yesterday at a hospital in Philadelphia. He was 85.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/12/national/12hilleman.html

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#2 15-04-2005 12:30am

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Pretty impressive guy by all accounts. Don't think I ever heard of him before

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#3 15-04-2005 3:52pm

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A good man, but it may be an underestimate - he probably saved hundreds of millions and will continue to do so for centuries to come.......

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