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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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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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 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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