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

Researchers from the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, and UC San Diego have identified new genetic mechanisms that influence how key immune cells decide their fate.

From Science Daily

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

From The Wall Street Journal

As a historical counterweight, consider Jonas Salk, the inventor of the polio vaccine, who refused to patent it.

From Los Angeles Times

Researchers at the Salk Institute have now created a detailed epigenetic catalog that shows how inherited traits and life experiences affect different immune cell types in distinct ways.

From Science Daily

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