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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

Pasteur

Medical; Medical research

French scientists (Born 1822; died 1895) who discovered that germs cause diseases. Pasteur developed methods to combat them.

Galen

Medical; Medical research

Greek doctor who described the parts and functions of the human body, based mostly on knowledge that he gained from dissecting animals.

Roux

Medical; Medical research

French scientist who identified the toxin that is produced by the bacteria that cause diphtheria.

Sabin

Medical; Medical research

American scientist who developed a vaccine against polio that contained a weak form of the polio virus.

Salk

Medical; Medical research

American scientist who developed the first effective vaccine against polio in 1955. His vaccine was used until 1963.

Reed

Medical; Medical research

American army doctor who proved that yellow fever is spread to humans through the bite of a mosquito.

transaminass

Medical; Medical research

An intercellular substance that will transfer energy among cells, feeding them this way and contributing to circulation of enzymes among cells, thus empowering human body, and helping immunity ...

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