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[Who owns the patent on this vaccine?] Well, the people, I would say. There is no patent. Could you patent the sun?

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Jonas Salk
Age: 80 †
Born: 1914
Born: October 28
Died: 1995
Died: June 23
Biologist
Epidemiologist
Immunologist
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Virologist
New York City
New York
Jonas Edward Salk
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