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.
The second inactivated polio virus vaccine was developed in 1952 by Jonas Salk at the University of Pittsburgh, and announced to the world on 12 April 1955. The Salk vaccine, or inactivated poliovirus vaccine, is based on poliovirus grown in a type of monkey kidney tissue culture (vero cell line), which is chemically inactivated with formalin.