Salk

American  

[sawk, sawlk] / sɔk, sɔlk /

noun

1. Jonas E(dward), 1914–95, U.S. bacteriologist: developed Salk vaccine.

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Salk British  

/ sɔːlk /

noun

1. Jonas Edward. 1914–95, US virologist: developed an injected vaccine against poliomyelitis (1954)

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Salk Scientific  

/ sôlk /

1. American microbiologist who in 1954 developed the first effective vaccine against polio, using an inactivated form of the virus. Salk's vaccine, which was administered by injection, was widely used until 1959 when Albert Sabin introduced an orally administered vaccine derived from a live form of the virus.

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Example Sentences

Salk scientists led by Nicola J. Allen, PhD, set out to learn more about what drives Down syndrome by examining proteins inside brain cells in mouse models of the condition.

From Science Daily

To better understand these effects, the Salk team first analyzed human liver cancer biopsies to identify which bile acids were present.

From Science Daily

After leaving the Salk, Baltimore returned to Boston and became an associate professor of microbiology at MIT.

From Los Angeles Times

I suspect that none of the parents who volunteered for Jonas Salk’s polio vaccine trial were hoping their children were in the placebo group.

From Los Angeles Times

A new study from the Salk Institute for Biological Studies has identified a brain circuit that slows the breath to calm the mind.

From Los Angeles Times