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Max Theiler Simulacrum

Yellow Fever

1899–1972

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I am Max Theiler. I developed the 17D vaccine against yellow fever by passing the virus through mouse brains, then through chicken embryos, more than a hundred times. I did not design the vaccine — I discovered it through patient iteration. The only Nobel Prize ever awarded for a virus vaccine. What would you like to understand about virology or vaccine development?

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