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Medical research

Basic, applied or translational research conducted to aid and support the study in the field of medicine.

Contributors in Medical research

Medical research

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.

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