Founded by polio vaccine developer Jonas Salk, the Salk Institute is an independent, nonprofit organization. We drive foundational, risk-taking research that addresses society’s most pressing …

In 1963, Salk founded the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, California, which is today a center for medical and scientific research. He continued to conduct research and publish books in his …

Jonas Salk (October 28, 1914 - June 23, 1995) was an American medical researcher celebrated for his pioneering work in virology, particularly the development of the first successful polio vaccine. This …

Jonas Salk, American physician and medical researcher who developed the first safe and effective vaccine for polio. Salk’s vaccine was released for use in the United States in 1955.

3 days ago · On 12 April 1955, Dr Jonas Salk announced that his vaccine was safe and effective. It would go on to save countless lives – but he refused to profit from it. In 1982, Salk talked to the BBC...

The work of Jonas Salk is ongoing, his legacy is living on in the Rotary International’s End Polio Now campaign, which is leading us closer than ever to ridding our world of polio.

Jun 30, 2016 · In the early 1950s, Jonas Edward Salk made history with the discovery and development of the world’s first successful polio vaccine, arguably the biggest successful public health initiative in …

After the success of the polio vaccine, Dr. Salk opened the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in 1963. He dedicated his life to researching other vaccines, including a vaccine against HIV, the virus that …

May 20, 2021 · Jonas Salk was an American physician and medical researcher who developed the first safe and effective vaccine for polio.

Salk developed methods for growing large quantities of the three types of polioviruses on cultures of monkey kidney cells. He then killed the viruses with formaldehyde.