Medical breakthrough dates

Question 1

Free tuberculosis vaccine

Answer 1

1948

Question 2

First open-heart surgery

Answer 2

1950

Question 3

First miniature hearing aid and first kidney transplant

Answer 3

1952

Question 4

Stem cells and DNA discovered

Answer 4

1953

Question 5

Free tetanus diphtheria and whooping cough vaccines

Answer 5

1954

Question 6

Free polio vaccine in the UK

Answer 6

1955

Question 7

First pacemaker fitted

Answer 7

1958

Question 8

Free measles vaccine in the UK

Answer 8

1964

Question 9

First heart transplant

Answer 9

1967

Question 10

First heart transplant in uk

Answer 10

1968

Question 11

Free rubella vaccine in uk

Answer 11

1969

Question 12

Hip replacements developed

Answer 12

1972

Question 13

CAT scanner invented

Answer 13

1973

Question 14

Endoscopes discovered

Answer 14

1975

Question 15

First test tube baby

Answer 15

1978

Question 16

First heart lung and liver transplant

Answer 16

1986

Question 17

MRI scans used for brain tumours

Answer 17

1987

Question 18

Human genome project helps to understand DNA

Answer 18

1990

Question 19

First cloned animal

Answer 19

1996

Question 20

First HPV vaccine approved

Answer 20

2006

Question 21

First partial face transplant

Answer 21

2006

Question 22

Bionic eyes released

Answer 22

2007

Question 23

First full face transplant

Answer 23

2008

Question 24

First human livers grown from stem cells

Answer 24

2011