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4 days ago · Its use followed by about 10 years an injected polio vaccine developed by Dr. Jonas Salk that had cut the incidence of polio dramatically throughout the country, including Oklahoma. People are...
14 hours ago · Godfrey Heathcote developed an interest in laboratory science as an 8 year old boy when his father, a research biochemist, gave him a microscope and a box of histology slides as a Christmas present. The following Christmas his present was a customised chemistry set. Over almost 50 years he established an international reputation in the pathobiology of ocular disease. Quiet and modest by nature ...
1 day ago · The City University of New York today recognized 28 students across 15 schools selected this year to receive the University’s most prestigious scholarships, including The Jonas E. Salk Award, Belle Zeller Scholarships, and CUNY Climate Scholars. The recipients, including an aspiring computer scientist born in Yemen, a future oncologist from Nigeria, and a tenant organizer from Brooklyn ...
2 days ago · Vaccines against rabies, polio (the Salk vaccine), some forms of influenza, and cholera are made from inactivated microorganisms. Another type of vaccine is a subunit vaccine, which is made from proteins found on the surface of infectious agents.
- A vaccine is a suspension of weakened, killed, or fragmented microorganisms or toxins or other biological preparation, such as those consisting of...
- A vaccine is made by first generating the antigen that will induce a desired immune response. The antigen can take various forms, such as an inacti...
- A vaccine delivery system is the means by which the immune-stimulating agent constituting the vaccine is packaged and administered into the human b...
- A vaccine imitates infection so as to encourage the body to produce antibodies against infectious agents. When a vaccinated person later encounters...
2 days ago · Jonas Salk nació el 28 de octubre de 1914 en la ciudad de Nueva York. Desde una edad temprana, mostró un interés y una aptitud excepcionales por la ciencia y la medicina. Después de graduarse de la Universidad de Nueva York, Salk se embarcó en una carrera académica que lo llevó a obtener un doctorado en medicina en la Universidad de ...
1 day ago · LA JOLLA (June 4, 2024)—Global temperatures are on the rise, with experts projecting an increase of 2.7°F by 2050. Because plants cannot regulate their own temperatures, they are especially sensitive to these temperature changes.
3 days ago · Founded by Jonas Salk, developer of the first safe and effective polio vaccine, the Institute is an independent, nonprofit research organization and architectural landmark: small by choice, intimate by nature, and fearless in the face of any challenge. Learn more at www.salk.edu.
