Jonas Salk

Jonas Salk
Jonas Salk i Köpenhamn 1959.
FöddJonas Edward Salk
28 oktober 1914
New York, New York, USA
Död23 juni 1995 (80 år)
La Jolla, Kalifornien, USA
NationalitetAmerikan
Yrke/uppdragLäkare
Känd förUtvecklade poliovaccin
Namnteckning

Jonas Salk, född 28 oktober 1914 i New York, död 23 juni 1995 i La Jolla, Kalifornien, var en amerikansk virolog.

Han utvecklade 1955 det första poliovaccinet vid University of Pittsburgh [1]. Han var chef vid Salk Institute for Biological Studies vid University of California i San Diego 19631975.

Sina sista år ägnade han åt att söka ett vaccin mot aids.

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Referenser

  1. ^ ”Remembering Polio”. University of Pittsburgh. Arkiverad från originalet den 15 februari 2005. https://web.archive.org/web/20050215175257/http://www.polio.pitt.edu/. Läst 12 mars 2008. 

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Dr Jonas Edward Salk, creator of Salk polio vaccine, at Copenhagen Airport.
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Standing at the podium during his 1988 Centers for Disease Control visit, this photograph showed Dr. Jonas Salk, creator of the first polio vaccine in 1955, fielding questions during his presentation.

April 12, 2005, marked the 50th anniversary of the announcement that the polio vaccine, developed by Dr. Jonas Salk and his team of scientists at the University of Pittsburgh, was a success. "Safe, effective, and potent", were the words used to announce to the world that an effective vaccine had been found against a disease that once paralyzed 13,000--20,000 people each year in the United States alone.