"Hope lies in dreams, in imagination and in the courage of those who dare to make dreams into reality."
The preceding statement comes from a memorial at the Salk Institute which captures
Dr. Salk's vision.
Dr. Jonas Salk prevented millions and millions of deaths when he created and engineered the polio vaccine in the 1950's. I am keenly aware of the human suffering he prevented...my grandmother grieved the rest of her life for her 17 year old son, Martin, who died of polio in September, 1954 - while Salk's new vaccine was being tested on one million school children.
Presently, in California, there is the Salk Institute which carries on the legacy of Dr. Salk which researches various phenomenon ranging from cancer, diabetes and birth defects to Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, AIDS and plant biology. See the Salk Institute's description here.
I was thinking about the quote..."Hope lies in dreams, in imagination and in the courage of those who dare to make dreams into reality."
Until their are enough courageous people willing to attempt to find a solution to the current shortage of kidneys available for transplantation, the hope to solve the problem is like a fleeting and illusory dream - and not a very hopeful dream on the cusp of being turned into reality.
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