Question

Who discovered the first vaccine?

(a) Selman Waksman

(b) Edward Jenner

(c) Alexander Flemming

(d) Louis Pasteur

I have been asked this question in semester exam.

My doubt stems from Non-Food Applications in chapter Fermenting Vegetables & Milk, Fermenting Sour Tonic Beverages, Non-Food Applications of Fermentation of Fermentation Technology

Answer 1

The correct answer is (b) Edward Jenner

For explanation: Edward Jenner discovered the first vaccine in 1976. It was used to treat smallpox to a 13-year old boy. He was thus, the pioneer of the smallpox vaccine which was the world’s first vaccine.