Jonas Salk and Julius Youngner

ca. 1953

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Title
Jonas Salk and Julius Youngner
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Date
ca. 1953
Identifier
salk0036
Source Identifier
salk0036
Description
Jonas Salk and Julius S. Youngner, the senior scientist on Pitt's core research team. In 1949 he joined Salk's efforts to produce a polio vaccine. Younger was a key figure in the development of the vaccine. He used techniques to produce the virus on a large scale, created methodology for safe testing of the vaccine, and developed a color test which measured the amount of the virus in living tissue and allowed researchers to track the effects of the vaccine on the virus.
Extent
4 x 5 in.
Type
still image
Genre
photographs
Subject
Physicians--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Virologists--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Men--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Salk, Jonas, 1914-1995
Youngner, Julius
Geographic Subjects
Oakland (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Source
Jonas Salk Polio Vaccine Collection, 1917-2005
Collection
Pitt Faculty
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh
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