An anniversary 100th jonas salk the inventor of the polio vaccine

100th anniversary of the polio vaccine inventor Jonas Salk - Polio, a disease that can cause paralysis of the legs had become a nightmare of many people. Moreover, the disease is highly contagious, can be through the air and mouth. In the past, before the 1950s thousands of children from different parts of the world affected by this disease. Fortunately, now polio can be prevented through vaccination performed in infancy. And the person who was instrumental discovered the polio vaccine is a scientist named Jonas Salk.

Jonas Salk was born in New York, October 28, 1914. His parents were Russian immigrants who have no nationality background of formal education, but very determined to educate their children as high as possible. Therefore, Jonas Salk became the first person in her family who managed to continue their education up to university. He studied at New York University School of Medicine, USA.

After graduating, Jonas Salk and then worked at the University of Pittsburgh Medical School, USA. There he examined the viruses that cause the flu and help make the vaccine. In this place he also learned how vaccines work in giving one's immune.

In 1947, Jonas Salk in cooperation with the National Foundation of Infantile Paralysis trying to find a polio vaccine. Because when the polio epidemic is attacking the United States and caused tens of thousands of children have been paralyzed due to this disease.

After eight years of research, finally on April 12, 1955, Jonas Salk announced that she managed to find a vaccine is considered effective in preventing polio. After the announcement, millions of children nationwide mass vaccination program in the United States and the results are satisfactory.

Amazingly, Jonas Salk did not want this vaccine patent in his name. Because he's trying to find a vaccine is not for profit, but to help humanity. Jonas Salk also said that efforts to patent the vaccine only hinder the process of deployment is another country, when Jonas Salk want the whole world to be free of polio.

Besides credited with finding the polio vaccine, Jonas Salk Jonas Salk also founded the Institute for Biological Studies, a research center in the medical field. At the center of this research, Jonas Salk devoted his life to researching AIDS vaccine. Unfortunately, before she managed to find him, Jonas Salk died on June 23, 1995.