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Michiaki Takahashi, 85, Who Tamed Chickenpox, Dies
By WILLIAM YARDLEY
Published: December 21, 2013
Dr. Michiaki Takahashi, whose experience caring for his 3-year-old son after the boy contracted chickenpox led him to develop a vaccine for the virus that is now used all over the world, died on Monday in Osaka, Japan. He was 85...
...?My son developed a rash on his face that quickly spread across his body,? Dr. Takahashi recalled in a 2011 interview with The Financial Times. ?His symptoms progressed quickly and severely. His temperature shot up and he began to have trouble breathing. He was in a terrible way, and all my wife and I could do was to watch him day and night. We didn?t sleep. He seemed so ill that I remember worrying about what would happen to him.?
?But gradually, the symptoms lessened and my son recovered,? he added. ?I realized then that I should use my knowledge of viruses to develop a chickenpox vaccine.? ...
Michiaki Takahashi, 85, Who Tamed Chickenpox, Dies
By WILLIAM YARDLEY
Published: December 21, 2013
Dr. Michiaki Takahashi, whose experience caring for his 3-year-old son after the boy contracted chickenpox led him to develop a vaccine for the virus that is now used all over the world, died on Monday in Osaka, Japan. He was 85...
...?My son developed a rash on his face that quickly spread across his body,? Dr. Takahashi recalled in a 2011 interview with The Financial Times. ?His symptoms progressed quickly and severely. His temperature shot up and he began to have trouble breathing. He was in a terrible way, and all my wife and I could do was to watch him day and night. We didn?t sleep. He seemed so ill that I remember worrying about what would happen to him.?
?But gradually, the symptoms lessened and my son recovered,? he added. ?I realized then that I should use my knowledge of viruses to develop a chickenpox vaccine.? ...