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medicine through time- 20th century Flashcards

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discovery of DNA

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Franklin and Wilkins=1951

Watson and crick=decoded structure (1953)

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human genome project=

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scientists decode the map looking for mistakes which causes herediary illness

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NHS

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1948=free health care

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magic bullets

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chemical cure

attacks specific disease

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antibiotics

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medicine that destroys growth of bacteria

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Alexander Flemming

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discovered that mould (penecillin) could kill bacteria

1941

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