Rabies vaccine
A team of scientists in Philadelphia wanted to improve on the antibody response created by the experimental HEP live-virus vaccines. They looked to a cell line created from human embryonic cells as a medium for cultivating the rabies virus. Their initial tests successfully used live vaccine virus. But medical resistance was strong to using a live virus rabies vaccine. The risk for inadvertent infection with a fatal illness was seen to be too high because of this Koprowski’s team used a chemical disinfectant to inactivate their rabies vaccine virus. After the virus was complete it was ready for human testing and in 1971 Stanley Plotkin submitted himself to undergo the test. Shortly after the test was determined successful and the vaccine trials began with more human subjects.
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