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Medical research
Basic, applied or translational research conducted to aid and support the study in the field of medicine.
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Gorgas
Medical; Medical research
American army surgeon who stopped the spread of yellow fever in Cuba and Panama in 1898.
histamine
Medical; Medical research
A chemical compound that is released into the blood during an allergy or when the body is fighting an infection.
Human Genome Project
Medical; Medical research
A research project that studies and tries to identify all of the genes in humans.
Lister
Medical; Medical research
British doctor who introduced the use of antiseptic in surgery in 1865. He was influenced by Pasteur's theories on germs.
Koch
Medical; Medical research
German scientist who found that specific diseases are caused by specific bacteria. He identified bacteria causing tuberculosis and cholera.
Jenner
Medical; Medical research
British doctor who discovered in the late 18Th century that vaccines can be used to prevent diseases.
pathology
Medical; Medical research
The scientific study of the causes, signs, and results of diseases is called as pathology in general medical terms.
