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Women Lead In Dimes Funded Virus Research
The March of Dimes funded wave of women scientists advancing virus and epilepsy research. Isabel Morgan Mountain at Johns Hopkins helped prove vaccines protect animals, aiding polio vaccine development funded by the March of Dimes. Hattie Alexander, Katherine Sprunt, Dorothy Horstmann, Mary Celeste, Matilda Melnick and spouses conduct studies at Yale, Columbia, St. Louis University and Baylor. Their work targets birth defects arthritis and polio, expanding medical knowledge.
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National Foundation
Isabel Morgan Mountain
Johns Hopkins Research Group
Dr.Mountain
March of Dimes
Dr. Mountain
Thomas Hunt Morgan
Ober
Mountain
New York
Georgia Warm Springs Foundation
Columbia University
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Hattie Alexander
Katherine Sprunt
Alexander
Sprunt
Yale University
Dorothy Horstmann
John Paul
St. Louis University
Mary Celeste
Order of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
Norman Melechen
New March of Dimes Funds
Matilda Melnick
Baylor University Medical School
Houston
Tez
Joseph L. Melnick