Salk
Ended polio's terror
Jonas Salk was the American physician and medical researcher who developed the first successful polio vaccine in 1955.
His name appears in Salk vaccine and the Salk Institute, the biomedical research center he founded.
Salk famously declined to patent his vaccine, forgoing personal profit for public benefit.
Hebrew prophet, whale-swallowed
- polioParalytic viral infection
- vaccineDisease prevention injection
- virologistMicrobe researcher, specifically contagious
- researcherOne who studies systematically
immunologist · pioneer · medical · discovery · Pittsburgh · laboratory · epidemiologist · innovator
Paralytic viral infection
- injectableAdministered via needle
- inactivatedMade no longer operative
- IPVInjected polio immunization
- immunizationProtective medical injection
inoculation · shot · injection · formaldehyde · prevention · eradication · trials · efficacy
Total elimination of something
- humanitarianHelper of suffering people
- philanthropyGenerous giving for others
- altruismPrioritizing others' wellbeing
- selflessConcerned with others' welfare
hero · benefactor · lifesaver · children · epidemic · paralysis · crippling · triumph
Systematic fact-finding effort
- biomedicalConcerning biology and medicine
- CaliforniaWest coast megastate
- architectureBuilding design discipline
- KahnGerman surname variant
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Jonas
Hebrew prophet, whale-swallowed
- polioParalytic viral infection
- vaccineDisease prevention injection
- virologistMicrobe researcher, specifically contagious
researcher · immunologist · pioneer · medical · discovery · Pittsburgh · laboratory · epidemiologist · innovator · biologist
polio
Paralytic viral infection
- injectableAdministered via needle
- inactivatedMade no longer operative
- IPVInjected polio immunization
immunization · inoculation · shot · injection · formaldehyde · prevention · eradication · trials · efficacy · antibodies
eradication
Total elimination of something
- humanitarianHelper of suffering people
- philanthropyGenerous giving for others
- altruismPrioritizing others' wellbeing
selfless · hero · benefactor · lifesaver · children · epidemic · paralysis · crippling · triumph · breakthrough
research
Systematic fact-finding effort
- biomedicalConcerning biology and medicine
- CaliforniaWest coast megastate
- architectureBuilding design discipline
Kahn · laboratories · neuroscience · biology · campus · fellows · genetics · nonprofit · Pacific · concrete
- Medical FiguresHippocrates, Galen, Avicenna, Jenner, Pasteur
- scientistsbiologist, Einstein, anthropologist, Darwin, chemist
- medical historyHippocrates, germ theory, bloodletting, Galen, four humors
- epidemicsepidemic, pandemic, outbreak, disease, Black Death
- microbiologybacteria, bacterium, microbe, microbes, microorganisms