Long Term Impacts
Dr. Salk's discovery and successful use of the killed virus vaccine was a giant leap in progress for the study of medicine. Although, killed virus vaccines usually require boosters for longer immunity, they have the potential to completely wipe entire diseases from the Earth.
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"In the year of 2014 there were 350 cases of polio worldwide. The last three polio endemic countries in the world, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Nigeria, made up for 331 of last years polio cases, while only 19 cases were in non-endemic countries."
~ Global Polio Eradication Initiative |
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies
"The Salk is like an artists' colony for scientists - we recruit the best scientific minds and give them the freedom to create and discover..."
~ Dr. William R. Brody President of the Salk Institute
~ Dr. William R. Brody President of the Salk Institute
In the 1960s Dr. Jonas Salk established the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in San Diego, California to create a place where biologists could collaborate to cure diseases. Today the Salk Institute has areas of research in AIDS, Alzheimer's, autism, birth defects, cancer, diabetes, gene therapy, plant biology, vision, and Williams syndrome.
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Salk Institute Faculty Awards
Many scientists from the Salk Institute have received various awards for exemplary work and discoveries. Notably, five scientists won the Nobel prize for Physiology or Medicine:
Francis Crick, 1962 - discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic acids and its significance for information transfer in living material.
Robert W. Holley, 1968 - discoveries describing the structure of alanine transfer RNA, linking DNA, and protein synthesis.
Renato Dulbecco, 1975 - worked on oncoviruses, which are viruses that can cause cancer when they infect animal cells.
Roger Guillemin, 1975 - worked on neurohormones.
Sydney Brenner, 2002 - significant contributions to work on the genetic code, and other areas of molecular biology.
~ Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Francis Crick, 1962 - discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic acids and its significance for information transfer in living material.
Robert W. Holley, 1968 - discoveries describing the structure of alanine transfer RNA, linking DNA, and protein synthesis.
Renato Dulbecco, 1975 - worked on oncoviruses, which are viruses that can cause cancer when they infect animal cells.
Roger Guillemin, 1975 - worked on neurohormones.
Sydney Brenner, 2002 - significant contributions to work on the genetic code, and other areas of molecular biology.
~ Salk Institute for Biological Studies