Modern Medicine (Industrial Period - Present)

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DNA: INDIVIDUALS
- FRANCIS CRICK & JAMES WATSON
- MARISEE WILKINS
- ROSALIND FRANKLIN
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WHEN WAS THE FIRST STEP IN DISCOVERING DNA?
1953 - Francis Crick and James Watson discovered the structure of DNA
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WHAT IS THE HUMAN GENOME PROJECT?
A project which identified the exact purpose of each gene in the human body, compiling a complete map of DNA.
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WHEN DID THE HUMAN GENOME PROJECT BEGIN?
1986
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WHEN WAS THE HUMAN GENOME PROJECT COMPLETED?
2001
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FACTORS WHICH ENCOURAGED THE WIDESPREAD USE OF PENICILLIN
GOVERNMENT - the US agreed to fund Florey's research
WAR - a wartime need for penicillin during the Second World War
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WHEN DID FLEMING DISCOVER PENICILLIN?
1928
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WHEN WERE FLOREY AND CHAIN'S RESEARCH AND TRIALS?
1938
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WHEN DID THE US GOVERNMENT FUND FLOREY AND CHAIN'S RESEARCH?
1941
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WHEN WAS THE NHS INTRODUCED?
1948
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PREVENTION OF DISEASE IN THE 1900s
- MASS VACCINATIONS: flu, covid, etc
- GOVERNMENT LEGISLATION: compulsory vaccines, age limits for alcohol/cigarettes, sugar tax
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