Medicine In Modern Britain

Question 1

Genetics

Answer 1

Mendel theorized genes came in pairs

Inheritance

Question 2

Watson crick and Franklin discovery of the human Gene

Answer 2

Watson and Crick used Franklin’s x-rays to develop the structure of DNA
Double stranded helix

Question 3

Human Genome Project

Answer 3

Decode the human genome
Made it possible for scientists to look for mismatches and people’s DNA
Useful for people with hereditary diseases

Question 4

Factors helping the development of genetics

Answer 4

Electric microscope
Electron microscope
Better understanding of DNA

Question 5

Lifestyle and health

Answer 5

Smoking: cause health problems

Diet: eating too much or too little is bad
Not enough of the certain types

Alcohol drugs unprotected sex and tanning:
can cause the spread or development of several diseases and illnesses

Question 6

New methods of diagnosis

Answer 6

Blood tests
Blood pressure monitors
Endoscopes
Ultrasounds
CT scans
MRI scans
X-rays
Blood sugar monitoring

Question 7

Magic bullet

Answer 7

Chemical cure that could attack the microbes causing diseases

Question 8

Antibiotics

Answer 8

Destroys or limit growth of bacteria

Short-term impact it was very successful

Question 9

Impact of the NHS

Answer 9

Provided everyone with the same level of care
Access has improved
Provisions hadn’t improved

Question 10

Medical and surgical treatments in hospitals

Answer 10

Advanced x-rays
Smaller cheaper machines
Robotics
Microsurgery
Keyhole surgery
Robotic surgery

Question 11

Government action on the prevention of disease

Answer 11

Increased understanding of causes and prevention
Compulsory vaccinations
Healthy environmental laws
Communicating health risks to the population

Question 12

Who developed penicillin

Answer 12

Alexander Fleming

Question 13

How did Fleming discover penicillin

Answer 13

He noticed some dirty Petri dishes had mould growth on them
He then tested the mould and identified it as penicillin
However he didn’t pursue this idea

Question 14

Florey and chain

Answer 14

Needed a lot of mould to get small amounts of penicillin
they tested it on a person and they showed improvement straight away
They didn’t have enough to keep going thougj

Question 15

Mass production of penicillin

Answer 15

they approach the USA Western companies began to mass produce it after showing it worked the US funded 21 companies to join in

Penicillin is used to prevent infection

Question 16

Lung cancer

Answer 16

Mainly caused by smoking

It’s a growing problem

Question 17

In what year was the human genome mapped

Answer 17

2000

Question 18

What key piece of technology enabled the discovery of DNA

Answer 18

More powerful microscopes

Question 19

Which key individuals are responsible for the discovery and development of penicillin

Answer 19

Fleming florey and chain