Salk vaccine

vaccine against the viruses which cause Polio

Jonas Edward Salk (October 28 1914 –  June 23, 1995) was an American physician and researcher best known for the development of the first successful polio vaccine (the eponymous Salk vaccine). 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.Salk did not seek wealth or fame through his innovations, famously stating, "Who owns my polio vaccine? The people! Could you patent the sun?"
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Noun
1. a poliovirus vaccine consisting of inactivated polio virus that is injected subcutaneously to provide immunity to poliomyelitis
(synonym) IPV
(hypernym) poliovirus vaccine

Inactivated Polio Vaccine (IPV). The polio virus in IPV has been inactivated (killed). The Salk vaccine is named after the American physician-virologist Jonas Salk. See Immunization, polio.

n. วัคซีนป้องกันโรคโปลิโอ (syn. Sabin vaccine)