The Role of the WI-38 Cell Strain in Saving Lives and Reducing Morbidity

The modern success story of vaccinations involves a historical chain of events that transformed the discovery that vaccines worked, to administering them to the population. We estimate the number of lives saved and morbidity reduction associated with the discovery of the first human cell strain used...

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Main Authors: S. J. Olshansky, L. Hayflick
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AIMS Press 2017-03-01
Series:AIMS Public Health
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Online Access:http://www.aimspress.com/aimsph/article/1308/fulltext.html