The first polio vaccine was created in 1952 by Jonas Salk at the University of Pittsburgh. It required years of practice and tweaking to get the vaccine to the point of effectiveness it has today.
To prevent polio.
Get an IPV shot.
The Polio Vaccine.
By giving you a watered down version of the disease, white blood cells in your immune system learn which antibody to produce and how to fight polio. If you get the disease for real, they can make it much quicker, and therefore get rid of it before you even show symptoms.
Polio actually can not be cured. There is, however, a vaccination that can be taken to prevent people who do not have polio, from getting polio. The polio vaccination was created by Salk and Sabin. Originally, the polio vaccination by Salk was administered in the form of a shot. The Sabin is given by mouth.
Jonas Salk
Jonas Salk in 1955
The polio vaccine is called the Salk vaccine after it was invented by Dr Jonas Salk.
Albert Sabin invented the oral live attenuated virus vaccine.
Dr. Jonas Salk
Physician and researcher. He invented a polio vaccine.
Dr. Jonas Salk invented polio vaccine. He did not patented the vaccine. That made him the real hero. To day is his 100th birth day. (28th October 2014.)