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The breakthrough came when the team of John F. Enders, Thomas Weller, andFrederick Robbins found that the polio virus could be grown in embryonic tissue--a discovery that earned them a Nobel Prize in 1954.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 8y agoJonas salk is famous because he devolped a cure for Polio, a disease that can kill.
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∙ 14y agoDr. Jonas Salk died of AIDS related heart failure
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∙ 12y agoHe was the first man to come up with a successful polio vaccine. Maurice Brodie and John Kolmer tried but both of their vaccines were not successful as they only made the polio worse.
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∙ 13y agoit was important because it helped out all the people that has polio and might die of it
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∙ 12y agoDr. Jonas Salk discovered a medicine that could prevent people from getting polio. It did not cure those already affected with the disease.
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∙ 12y agoPolio vaccine
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What did dr Jonas salk win the nobel prize for?
for dicovering the vaccination for Polio disease
What year did Jonas salk win the Nobel Peace Prize?
He never won a nobel prize of any kind
Did Abraham Lincoln ever win Nobel Peace Prize?
Abe did win the noble peace prize.
Did Louis Pasteur win a noble prize?
Louis Pasteur did not win a nobel prize because there was no nobel prize before he died.
Did Malcolm x win a noble prize award?
no
Did dalai lama win noble prize?
YES
When did Calvin win the noble prize for chemistry?
1961
Why did Albert Einstein win the noble prize in chemistry?
He did not win the Chemistry Nobel prize. He won the Physics prize for his work on the photoelectric effect.
Did Max Planck win the noble prize?
Yes, he won the Nobel Prize in Physics.
What country did Ralph bunche win Nobel Peace Prize?
in what year did dr.ralph bunche win the noble peace prize
Who is eligible to win the noble prize of peace?
Marie Curie
Did William Faulkner win noble prize for literature?
Yes.
