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Correction (July 31): This article originally carried the title "Cure Against All Odds," but there is no cure for polio. The Scientist regrets the error.
Jean Macnamara, a pioneer in the treatment of polio patients and the subject of this issue’s Foundations, comes to life in the form of a Google Doodle to celebrate what would have been her 121st birthday.

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Correction (July 31): This article originally carried the title "Cure Against All Odds," but there is no cure for polio. The Scientist regrets the error.

When experiments refuse to cooperate, you try again and again. For Rafael Najmanovich, the setbacks ultimately pushed him in a new direction.
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