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Discovery of Penicillin
1928, Alexander Fleming
Invention of the Smallpox Vaccine
1796, Edward Jenner
Introduction of Anesthesia
1846, William T.G. Morton
Discovery of the Polio Vaccine
1953, Jonas Salk
Development of Antiseptic Surgery
1867, Joseph Lister
Discovery of the Structure of DNA
1953, James Watson and Francis Crick
Discovery of Insulin
1921, Frederick Banting and Charles Best
First Kidney Transplant
1950, Richard Lawler
Invention of the Pacemaker
1958, Earl Bakken
Introduction of the Birth Control Pill
1960, Gregory Pincus and John Rock
Identification of Hepatitis B
1965, Baruch Blumberg
First In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) Birth
1978, Patrick Steptoe and Robert Edwards
Development of Antiretroviral Therapy for HIV
1996, Multiple scientists
First Full Face Transplant
2010, A team led by Dr. Joan Pere Barret
Discovery of CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing
2012, Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier
Development of Cancer Immunotherapy
2010s, James P. Allison and Tasuku Honjo
Introduction of Digital Health Records
Early 2000s, Various tech companies and healthcare providers
Eradication of Rinderpest
2011, FAO and OIE
Human Genome Project Completion
2003, International consortium
Discovery of Hepatitis C Virus
1989, Michael Houghton, Qui-Lim Choo, and George Kuo
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