The Forgotten Forefather: Joseph James Kinyoun and the Founding of the National Institutes of Health

In celebrating the 125th anniversary of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in August 2012, NIH has been examining its origins, its history, and the visionary men and women whose research have contributed to the saving and/or improving the quality of life of millions of people throughout the wor...

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Autores principales: Morens, David M., Fauci, Anthony S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Society of Microbiology 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3388889/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22736540
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00139-12
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description In celebrating the 125th anniversary of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in August 2012, NIH has been examining its origins, its history, and the visionary men and women whose research have contributed to the saving and/or improving the quality of life of millions of people throughout the world. This minireview examines Joseph James Kinyoun (1860 to 1919), the 1887 founder of a federal Hygienic Laboratory that is considered the direct ancestor of the modern NIH, and explores the development of NIH as it was shaped by, and in turn shaped, the new field of microbiology.
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spelling pubmed-33888892012-07-09 The Forgotten Forefather: Joseph James Kinyoun and the Founding of the National Institutes of Health Morens, David M. Fauci, Anthony S. mBio Minireview In celebrating the 125th anniversary of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in August 2012, NIH has been examining its origins, its history, and the visionary men and women whose research have contributed to the saving and/or improving the quality of life of millions of people throughout the world. This minireview examines Joseph James Kinyoun (1860 to 1919), the 1887 founder of a federal Hygienic Laboratory that is considered the direct ancestor of the modern NIH, and explores the development of NIH as it was shaped by, and in turn shaped, the new field of microbiology. American Society of Microbiology 2012-06-26 /pmc/articles/PMC3388889/ /pubmed/22736540 http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00139-12 Text en Copyright © 2012 Morens and Fauci. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/) , which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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