Dr. Hilary Koproski & The Polio Vaccine / Dr. Irena Koprowska & The Pap Smear

All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories #027: Fathers – And Mothers – of American Medicine, Part 2, Section 3

Dr. Hilary Koprowski was a virologist who discovered an oral polio vaccine before Salk & Sabin, but whose work fell by the wayside.  Later, through his work with monoclonal antibodies, he developed a more convenient vaccine for rabies post-exposure prophylaxis.  

Dr. Irena Koprowska was essentially a self-taught cytopathologist who worked with Dr. Papanicolau on the screening test for cervical  cancer that bears his name.