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(1897–1985), American microbiologist, and Nobel laureate,
noted for his research in culturing viruses, which paved the way
for viral vaccines. Born in West Hartford, Conn., and educated at
Yale and Harvard universities, he joined the faculty of the Harvard
University Medical School in 1929, and in 1956 became a full professor.
He joined the research division of infectious diseases at the Children's
Hospital in Boston in 1946. Enders led a research team that developed
a technique of growing viruses in slices of tissue rather than in
whole organisms or organs. First announced in 1949, this technique has
become a strategic tool in controlling virus diseases; for example,
it made possible the development of mass vaccination against
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