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How the Original Polio Vaccine Was Made
- September 26, 2023Download PDF
Story at-a-glance
- During the 1950s, the inactivated polio vaccine created by Jonas Salk was made using rhesus monkeys that were infected with simian virus 40 (SV40), a monkey virus that was later linked to cancer in humans
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