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Jonas Salk

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Profession
Virologist
Died
Jun 23, 1995
Zodiac
Scorpio
Born in
New York City NY
About
Jewish medical researcher and virologist who developed a vaccine against polio in 1955. He never attempted to patent his vaccine and thus made no money off of it. In 1960 he founded he Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, California and he spent his last years attempting to find a cure to HIV.
Family
He was married to his second wife Françoise Gilot from 1970 until his death in 1995. He had five sons and one daughter.

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