Salk

American

[sawk, sawlk] / sɔk, sɔlk /

noun

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

Salk British

/ sɔːlk /

noun

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

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Salk Scientific

/ sôlk /

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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In 1954 Life magazine described Salk as the man who had conquered polio.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026

Because infections can trigger especially harmful inflammation, the Salk team studied mice with an infection.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 1, 2026

At the Salk Institute, Janelle Ayres, PhD, has spent years studying why people respond so differently to illness and injury.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 1, 2026

It was intended for the greatest American artists, scientists, entertainers, writers, thinkers—Robert Frost, John Ford, Jonas Salk.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026

With those cells, scientists helped prove the Salk vaccine effective.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot

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