When was the American microbiologist who developed MMR vaccine born?
MMR vaccine The MMR vaccine (also known as the MPR vaccine after the Latin names of the diseases) is an immunization vaccine against measles, mumps, and rubella (German measles). It is a mixture of live attenuated viruses of the three diseases, administered via injection. It was first developed by Maurice Hilleman while at Merck.
John Richard Montgomery John Richard Montgomery is an American paediatrician and immunologist. He was an assistant professor and then associate professor of paediatrics at Baylor University between 1966 and 1975. During this time he became known for the co-implementation of the environmental bubble used to protect David Vetter from infection by external germs. In 1975 Montgomery became a full professor of paediatrics at University of Alabama School of Medicine, Hunstville campus, and in 1997 he became professor emeritus at the University of Alabama School of Medicine.