Salk

[sawk, sawlk]

noun

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

Salk

/ sɔːlk /

noun

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

Salk

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.

Example Sentences

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

Before Jonas Salk developed the first successful polio vaccine in the mid-1950s, the disease killed or paralyzed more than half a million people around the world each year.

From Los Angeles Times

"His whole commitment was protecting the population from infectious diseases," Salk said.

From Salon