Jonas Edward Salk
1914-1995
American Virologist and Physician
Jonas Salk is best known for his pioneering research on poliomyelitis ("infantile paralysis") and his development of an inje...
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The American physician, virologist, and immunologist Jonas Edward Salk (1914-1995) developed the first effective poliomyelitis (polio) vaccine.Jonas Salk was born in New York City on Oct. 28, 1914. At...
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Jonas Salk was born in New York, New York, on October 28, 1914. He received his medical degree from New York University in 1939. In 1942, Salk began working for a former teacher, Thomas Francis, Jr., ...
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Jonas Salk was one of the United States's best-known microbiologists, chiefly celebrated for his discovery of his polio vaccine. Salk's greatest contribution to immunology was the insight that a "kill...
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Jonas Salk was one of the United States's best known microbiologists, chiefly celebrated for his discovery of the polio vaccine. His greatest contribution to immunology was the insight that a "killed ...
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Jonas Salk was one of the United States's best known microbiologists, chiefly celebrated for his discovery of the polio vaccine. His greatest contribution to immunology was the insight that a "killed ...
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Elizabeth Taylor, Rita Moreno, Tiger Woods and Willie Mays are among the new crop of achievers inducted into the California Hall of Fame, which honors the leaders, inventors, sports figures and ...
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - Actors Elizabeth
Taylor and John Wayne and baseball players Jackie Robinson and
Willie Mays were among those inducted into the California Hall
of Fame Wednesday. The...
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1. This year saw the 75th anniversary of the Christmas Spectacular at the home of the famous Rockettes. What is the site at which this revue occurs?2. How many women perform in those precision long...
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A famous comedian. A multimillionaire trial lawyer. And maybe a Nobel laureate.What sounds a little like a panel of mystery guests on a 1950s game show is actually the roster of heavyweights lining...
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"The doctor will see you now," says a Hollywood publicist as she opens a door for a reporter at Los Angeles city hall.Alone inside a conference room there is Michael Moore, who has just finished sp...
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"The doctor will see you now," says a Hollywood publicist as she opens a door for a reporter at Los Angeles city hall.Alone inside a conference room there is Michael Moore, who has just finished sp...
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Biologist Marguerite Vogt succeeded by focusing singularly on her goal -- advancing science.She studied how organisms develop, then applied insights to make important strides in polio and cancer re...
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If reports filtering east from the Air Force Academy are correct, there has been an outbreak of extreme Jesus-ism in that undistinguished institution of lower learning. A Pentagon official said the...
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Like all consumers, patients and healthcare providers want products that will make their lives easier, and any product that makes administering or taking an injection easier is bound to be popular....
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Liz Taylor among hall of fame inductees
