Could you patent the sun?"  
At an Ann Arbor press conference announcing the first of these things, the discover told Edward R. Morrow that "There is no patent.  Could you patent the sun?"  Basil O'Connor started a radio campaign to solicit funds from small donors to develop one of these things.  Early batches of these things produced by a former veterinary company called Cutter Laboratories resulted in several deaths.  A man best known for developing the first of these things set up a namesake (*) institute to break down the barriers between science and the humanities in San Diego.  Developing one of these things was the original purpose of the March of Dimes charity.  An oral one of these things was developed by Albert Sabin.  For 10 points, name this type of medical breakthrough developed by Jonas Salk to prevent infantile paralysis.
At an Ann Arbor press conference announcing the first of these things, the discover told Edward R. Morrow that "There is no patent.  
polio vaccines [or oral polio vaccines; prompt on just vaccines]