Medical Advancements of the 20th Century Quiz Review

Alexander Fleming

Accidentally discovered penicillin

Henrietta Lacks

Cells (HeLa) from her cervical cancer were discovered to regenerate themselves

Jonas Salk and Albert Sabin

Invented the polio vaccine

Francis Crick and James Watson

Discovered the double helix structure of DNA

Christian Barnard

First successful heart transplant

Ben Carson

First to successfully separate conjoined twins at the head

Claude Beck

First defribillation that led to invention of AED

CDC

(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Federal agency that protects the public from disease, injury, and disability

FDA

(Food and Drug Administration)

Ensures safety, efficacy, and security of food and drugs

Insulin

Medication for diabetes

Telemedicine

Virtual medicine

Nanomedicine

Medicine performed at an extremely small scale

Mediview XR

Developed by Adam Rakestraw to see inside of the body

Gene therapy

Modifying genes to help fight genetic disease

Regenerative medicine

Replaces/regenerates human cells to repair tissues or organs that have been damaged