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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.


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