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Dr. Jonas Salk , M.D. ( 1914-10-28 – 1995-06-23 ) was a Medical researcher and author, the inventor of the Salk vaccine against Polio , and the founder of the Salk Institute for Biological Studies . Contents 1 Sourced 1.1 Academy of Achievement...


Biography

Name: Jonas Edward Salk
Birth Date: October 28, 1914
Death Date: June 23, 1995
Place of Birth: New York, New York, United States
Place of Death: La Jolla, California, United States
Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupations: immunologist, virologist

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Biography of Jonas Edward Salk
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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 the age of 16 he entered the College of the City...
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Biography of Jonas E. Salk
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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., to produce influenza vaccines, a project that...
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Biography of Jonas Salk
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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 virus" is capable of serving as an antigen,...
 


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Jonas Edward Salk Summary
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1914-1995 American Virologist and Physician Jonas Salk is best known for his pioneering research on poliomyelitis ("infantile paralysis") and his development of an injectable killed virus vaccine for prevention of the disease. Wide scale...
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Jonas Edward Salk (October 28 1914 – June 23, 1995) was an American biologist and physician best known for the research and development of the first effective polio vaccine (the eponymous Salk vaccine). During his life he worked in New York,...


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The Economist (US)
Jonas Salk.(Obituary)
07/01/1995: 861 words, approx. 3 pages
Jonas Edward Salk died at age 80. He was the inventor of a polio vaccine that saved thousands of lives. The biomedical researcher's distinguished career and his Walk Institute for Biological Studies are discussed. THE coming of the baby boomers was attended by...
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The Independent - London
Obituary: Dr Jonas Salk
06/28/1995: 1,435 words, approx. 5 pages
Jonas Salk will be remembered as the man who first showed that the dreaded poliomyelitis, or infantile paralysis, could be prevented. Salk seized the opportunity provided by the discovery by Enders, Weller and Robbins that the polio virus could be grown in the...
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AP News
Liz Taylor among hall of fame inductees
12/6/2007: 329 words, approx. 1 pages
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 — of course — celebrities who have shaped California.Taylor canceled because of a fall,...
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Reuters North American News Service
Glamour but no Marilyn at California Hall of Fame
12/6/2007: 403 words, approx. 1 pages
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 brainchild of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's wife Maria Shriver, the Hall of Fame celebrates legends...
 


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