PROFESSOR ALBERT BRUCE SABIN, THE DISCOVERER OF ORAL POLIO VACCINE RULED OUT ANY LINK BETWEEN HUMAN CANCER AND VIRUSES AND STRESSED THAT DIETARY HABITS WERE COMING UNDER HEAVY SUSPICION AS THE CAUSE OF THE DISEASE. THE 71-YEAR OLD VIROLOGIST FROM THE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SAID HE REACHED THE CONCLUSION AFTER 15 YEARS OF RESEARCH ON THE NUMBER ONE KILLER IN MOST COUNTRIES. ON A SHORT PLEASURE CRUISE TO SINGAPORE, HIS FIRST VISIT HERE, PROFESSOR SABIN RECALLED THE YEARS OF POLIO OUTBREAK IN THE 1950S HERE WHEN HIS DISCOVERY WAS PUT ON TRIAL. THE SUCCESS OF THE SABIN VACCINE, HERE HAS SOON LED TO MASS VACCINATION THROUGHOUT THE WORLD
16/09/1977
PCD0490 - 0080
SPH/2005/034639/2/20A
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