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Medical Innovations
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Robert S. Ledley invents full body CAT-Scans
Robert Ledley worked at Georgetown University as a physicist. The full body CAT-Scan revolutionized medical diagnostics for doctors to look into their patients' tissues. -
First vaccine created for pneumonia
Robert Austrian trained in the laboratory of William Tillett at New York University. He used material from the 14 most common virulent strains of pneumococcus pneumonia which made the vaccine. -
First test-tube baby is born
Louise Brown was born at Oldham General Hospital, Oldham, she was the first known human to be born after conception by IVF (in vitro fertilization) IVF is the process when the eggs are removed from your ovaries and mixed with sperm in a laboratory culture dish. “in vitro” means “in glass” which is where the fertilization takes place. -
Smallpox is eradicated
It was a contagious disease caused by the variola virus. It focuses on the small blood vessels of the skin, mouth, and throat. On the skin it makes a rash, then later raised filled fluid blisters. After it was eradicated a global immunization campaign followed led by the World Health Organization. -
First vaccine developed for hepatitis B
This vaccine helps prevent Hepatitis B, there is three dose that must be taken. The first dose should be taken within the first 24 hours of birth. For others who haven’t had it done it at birth can have it be done anytime. The second dose it to be taken a month after the first dose. The third dose can be taken 6 months after the first dose. -
HIV is identified
HIV is a virus that gradually attacks the immune system, which helps us fight off illnesses. When infected your body will find it harder to fight off infections and diseases. This virus attacks the white blood cells which it also called the T-helper cells, then uses them to multiply themselves. -
Alec Jeffreys devises a genetic fingerprinting method
Alec Jeffreys discovers the technique of genetic fingerprinting in a laboratory in the Department of Genetics at the University of Leicester. "It does not solve crimes. It establishes whether sample X comes from person Y. It is then up to the court to interpret that in the context of other evidence in a criminal case." -Professor Sir Alec Jefferys -
Willem J. Kolff invented the artificial kidney dialysis machine
Kidneys help keep our blood clean, if they stop working it can cause death. The dialysis machine are artificial kidneys that can take over that function. -
First vaccine developed for hepatitis A
The vaccine for Hepatitis A has two shots, each are six months apart from each other. There is also a Hepatitis A and B vaccine combination for 18 years and older. There are three shots over the period of six months. -
Dolly the sheep becomes the first clone
Dolly was a female domestic sheep, and the first mammal to be cloned from an adult somatic cell. She was cloned by Ian Wilmut and Keith Campbell and colleagues at the Roslin Institute.
