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Jonas Edward Salk (October 28, 1914 – June 23, 1995) was an American biologist and physician best known for the research and development of the first effective polio vaccine (the eponymous Salk vaccine). In 1947, Salk received a position at the University of Pittsburgh, as the head of the Virus Research lab. Though he continued his research on improving the influenza vaccine, he set his sights on the poliomyelitis virus.Eight years later the results of extensive studies, including on of the first double-blind placebo controlled tests, were announced: the vaccine was safe and effective. Salk's vaccine was instrumental in beginning the eradication of polio, a once widely-feared disease. Polio’s outbreak in 1916 left 6000 dead and 27,000 paralyzed. In 1952, 57,628 cases were recorded. After the vaccine became available, polio cases in the U.S. dropped by 85-90 percent in only two years. When asked if he would patent his vacine, Salk popularly stated "Who owns my polio vaccine? The people! Could you patent the sun?" During his life he worked in New York, Michigan, Pittsburgh and California. In his later career, Salk devoted much energy toward the development of an AIDS vaccine. Dr. Salk co-founded The Immune Response Corporation with Kevin Kimberlin to search for a vaccine against AIDS and patented a p24- vaccine as "Remune". Jonas Salk died on June 23, 1995 in La Jolla at the age of 80. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

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