January is National Blood Donor Month.
You don't need a special reason to give blood. You just need your own reason. Some of us give blood because we were asked
by a friend. Some know that a family member or a friend might need blood some day. Some believe it is the right thing to do.
Whatever your reason, the need is constant and your donation is important for maintaining a healthy and reliable blood supply.
You'll feel good knowing you've helped change a life!
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LifeScience Moment: Dr. Jonas Salk received gold medal from President Dwight Eisenhower, designating him "a benefactor of mankind.
On Jan. 27, 1956, Dr. Jonas Salk, developer of the Polio vaccine released in 1955, received a special gold medal from President Dwight
Eisenhower designating him "a benefactor of mankind."
The polio vaccine was developed by Dr. Jonas Salk at the University of Pittsburgh and announced on April 12, 1955 exactly 10 years after
the death of President Roosevelt, a victim of polio.
In 1957, in an effort to improve upon the killed Salk vaccine, Albert Bruce Sabin began testing a live, oral form of vaccine
in which the infectious part of the virus was inactivated (attenuated). This vaccine became available for use in 1963.
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Electron micrograph of tau clusters (Image courtesy: NIAID)
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Science Quote
"Science is not belief, but the will to find out."
Info.Resource, owner and publisher of Oregon LifeScience.com and the upcoming LifeScienceHistory.com, want
to thank all of the front line workers for their never ending kindness and diligent work for those they do not know.
