To do that with DNA, we need to tell the DNA what to replicate, and then give it the means to do so. We do this by using enzymes and primers. Primers are a subject for another time, but they are responsible for telling the polymerase where to do its work.
Polio was nearly eradicated when society decided to mass produce and use a vaccine created by Jonas Salk. Polio was a big issue but they managed to cure it with a vaccine. Comments.
By HAROLD M. SCHMECK Jr. Dr. Jonas Salk, who in the 1950's developed the first successful vaccine against poliomyelitis, the viral illness that had gripped a fearful nation with images of children doomed to death or paralysis, died yesterday at Green Hospital in the La Jolla section of San Diego. He was 80.