The Top 10 Jewish Physicians and Medical Biologists

1. Maimonides: Famous rabbi and appointed court physician to the Sultan of Saladin and the royal family.
2. Jonas Salk: Developed the first effective polio vaccine.
3. Paul Ehrlich: Known for his work for treating sleeping sickness, curing syphilis, and coining the terms "chemotherapy" and "magic bullet."
4. Rosalind Franklin: Integral part of the team of scientists with Watson and Crick and discovered the DNA double helix structure.
5. Karl Landsteiner: Discovered the ABO blood groups, which led to blood transfusion techniques.
6. Isaac Hays: One of the founders of the American Medical Association and authored its first Code of Ethics.
7. Albert Sabin: Developed an oral polio vaccine.
8. Carl Djerassi: Developed the first oral contraceptive.
9. Waldemar Hoffkine: Developed vaccines against cholera and bubonic plague.
10. Elie Metchnikoff: Discovered that white blood cells destroy invaders by engulfing them.

Jews have invented lots of things, including the Polio vaccine.  

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