History
Jonas Salk. Image
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Eventually, government authorities
announced that only the Salk vaccine
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In 1963, Salk founded a Californiabased center for medical and
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Institute for Biological Studies.
There, he continued research and
published on a variety of topics.
Once, he was rumored to be close
to a cure for cancer, although he
publicly stated this was not the
case. In the mid 1990s, he started
research on a vaccine for the AIDs
disease. His work in this area was
continued by others after Salk’s
death in 1995.
Jonas Salk will be long remembered
for his triumph in developing the
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parents slept easier, knowing their
children could be protected from the
poliomyelitis scourge.
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