Dr. Michiaki Takahashi, a Japanese virologist, is honoured with a Google Doodle
A Google doodle honours Dr. Michiaki Takahashi, the first person to develop a chickenpox vaccine.
The Google Doodle for Thursday, February 17, 2022, honours Dr. Michiaki Takahashi, the Japanese virologist who is credited with creating the first chickenpox vaccine.
Vaccines have been given to millions of youngsters around the world since their creation to avoid severe cases of the infectious viral disease and its transmission.
It’s worth noting that this specific Google Doodle was created by Tatsuro Kiuchi, a guest artist from Japan. It essentially depicts Dr. Takahashi conducting research in order to find a vaccine and cure a youngster of chickenpox.
Furthermore, Mr Kiuchi stated that while working on the Google Doodle, he learned the importance of vaccines and how they may alter the world by halting extremely contagious diseases.
Dr. Michiaki Takahashi’s Google Doodle
Dr. Takahashi graduated from Osaka University with a medical degree in 1928.
In 1959, he joined the Research Institute for Microbial Disease, where he examined the viruses that cause measles and polio. He took up a research scholarship at Baylor College in the United States of America shortly after.
Takahashi’s own son got a bad case of chickenpox during this time. Takahashi decided to pool all of his resources and knowledge to produce a vaccine to tackle chickenpox, which was a very contagious disease at the time.
