Special Google Doodle to honour Dr Michiaki Takahashi, creator of the chickenpox vaccine
New Delhi: It has been proved that not all heroes wear a mask, some are also like Japanese virologist Dr Michiaki Takahashi who developed the first vaccine and saved millions of children worldwide from the deadly chickenpox, which was once considered deadly until now.
In honour of his 94th birth anniversary, google displayed a doodle illustrated by Tokyo artist Tatsuro Kiuchi yesterday, reports TOI.
Dr Takahashi was born at Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Osaka, Japan, on February 17, 1928. Dr Takahashi earned his Medical Degree in 1954 from Osaka University's Medical School, and completed in 1959 the Graduate Course of Medical Science, majoring in poxvirus virology.
After studying measles and polio viruses, Dr Takahashi accepted a research fellowship Between 1963 and 1965 at Baylor College of medicine in Texas and at the Fels Research Institute of Temple University, in Philadelphia.
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