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Who received Nobel Prize in 1951 for the development of vaccine for yellow fever?

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Max Theiler
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Ronald Ross
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Max Delbruck
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Francis Peyton Rous
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Solution

The correct option is A Max Theiler
  • Max Theiler, a South African-American virologist who got the Nobel prize in physiology or medicine for developing a vaccine against yellow fever.
  • Sir Ronald Ross was a British doctor, who received the noble prize for physiology or medicine in 1902 for his work on the transmission of malaria.
  • Max Delbruck has often called the father of molecular biology.
  • Francis Peyton Rous was awarded the Nobel prize in medicine for discovering that viruses are one of the causes of cancer.
    So, the correct answer is A.

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