Jenner

American

[jen-er] / ˈdʒɛn ər /

noun

Edward, 1749–1823, English physician: discoverer of smallpox vaccine.
Sir William, 1815–98, English physician and pathologist.

Jenner British

/ ˈdʒɛnə /

noun

Edward 1749–1823, English physician, who discovered vaccination by showing that injections of cowpox virus produce immunity against smallpox (1796)
Sir William. 1815–98, English physician and pathologist, who differentiated between typhus and typhoid fevers (1849)

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Jenner Scientific

/ jĕn′ər /

British physician who pioneered the practice of vaccination. His experiments proved that individuals who had been inoculated with the virus that caused cowpox, a mild skin disease of cattle, became immune to smallpox. Jenner's discovery laid the foundations for the science of immunology.

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From BBC

This is how immunisation has worked since Sir Edward Jenner pioneered vaccines in the late 18th Century.

From BBC

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From MarketWatch

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From Barron's

Barofsky is a former U.S. prosecutor, and is now a partner at law firm Jenner & Block.

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