Vaccine Innovators Pearl Kendrick and Grace Eldering
Have you ever been vaccinated against a particular disease? As children, Pearl Kendrick and Grace Eldering both suffered from whooping cough, a life-threatening illness. As adults, they worked together to create a revolutionary vaccine that saved thousands of lives each year.

Eldering and Kendrick worked in a Michigan lab at a time when whooping cough was spreading around the country. Determined to stop the illness, the pair tested bacteria late into the night. Soon their new vaccine was helping children across the country. But how did they get there? Find out how Eldering and Kendrick's passion for fixing a problem led them to create an important vaccine.

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Vaccine Innovators Pearl Kendrick and Grace Eldering
Have you ever been vaccinated against a particular disease? As children, Pearl Kendrick and Grace Eldering both suffered from whooping cough, a life-threatening illness. As adults, they worked together to create a revolutionary vaccine that saved thousands of lives each year.

Eldering and Kendrick worked in a Michigan lab at a time when whooping cough was spreading around the country. Determined to stop the illness, the pair tested bacteria late into the night. Soon their new vaccine was helping children across the country. But how did they get there? Find out how Eldering and Kendrick's passion for fixing a problem led them to create an important vaccine.

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Vaccine Innovators Pearl Kendrick and Grace Eldering

Vaccine Innovators Pearl Kendrick and Grace Eldering

by S. Wood
Vaccine Innovators Pearl Kendrick and Grace Eldering

Vaccine Innovators Pearl Kendrick and Grace Eldering

by S. Wood

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Overview

Have you ever been vaccinated against a particular disease? As children, Pearl Kendrick and Grace Eldering both suffered from whooping cough, a life-threatening illness. As adults, they worked together to create a revolutionary vaccine that saved thousands of lives each year.

Eldering and Kendrick worked in a Michigan lab at a time when whooping cough was spreading around the country. Determined to stop the illness, the pair tested bacteria late into the night. Soon their new vaccine was helping children across the country. But how did they get there? Find out how Eldering and Kendrick's passion for fixing a problem led them to create an important vaccine.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781512407907
Publisher: Lerner Publishing Group
Publication date: 08/01/2016
Series: STEM Trailblazer Bios Series
Pages: 32
Product dimensions: 7.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.40(d)
Lexile: 730L (what's this?)
Age Range: 7 - 10 Years

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Becoming Scientists 4

Chapter 2 Dangerous Disease 10

Chapter 3 The Work Begins 14

Chapter 4 Developing the Vaccine 18

Chapter 5 Saving Lives 22

Timeline 29

Source Notes 30

Glossary 30

Further Information 31

Index 32

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