Modern

Question 1

What were the cause of disease beliefs?

Answer 1

• germ theory
• genetics

Question 2

Who discovered DNA when?

Answer 2

1953 - Crick & Watson discvrd double helix structure of DNA

Question 3

What did C & W prove about DNA?

Answer 3

present in evry human & gntc info. passed from parents -> children

Question 4

What did the discovery of DNA lead to?

Answer 4

overcame problm. of genetic diseases eg. Parkinson’s -> gn therapy = stem cells cured disease

Question 5

When was the first magic bullet created? By who? What was it called?

Answer 5

1909 - Erlich created Salvarsan 606

Question 6

What disease did the first magic bullet cure?

Answer 6

syphillis

Question 7

Who discovered the second magic bullet? When? Why?

Answer 7

1930s - Domagk used Prontosil to cure his daughter’s blood poisoning

Question 8

What was the chemical found in both magic bullets?

Answer 8

sulphonamide

Question 9

What did public services consist of before the NHS?

Answer 9

street cleaning, H2O supplies & nationl hlth insurnc

Question 10

When was the NHS created? Who?

Answer 10

1948 - Bevan & Beveridge, supprtd finacially (taxes) by UK gov.

Question 11

What did the NHS provide? Such as?

Answer 11

‘cradle -> grave’ hlthcr
= vaccines eg. 2008 HPV, cncr scrnngs & mtrnty srvcs

Question 12

What lifestyle campaigns did the government use? Why?

Answer 12

Change4Life & Lung cancer - promote hlthy diet, excs & habits

Question 13

When was penicillin discovered? By who?

Answer 13

1928 - Flemming

Question 14

How was penicillin discovered?

Answer 14

penicillin mould in Flemming’s petri dish was killing the bacteria orgnlly in it

Question 15

How did Florey & Chain find out about Flemming’s discovery?

Answer 15

via a newspaper article

Question 16

After finding out about Flemming’s discovery, what did Florey & Chain do?

Answer 16

injected penicillin into 4 mice with a bacterial disease = all survived!
proved Flemming’s discovery was sgnfcnt.

Question 17

Who gave funding to mass produce penicillin?

Answer 17

British & US government during WW2

Question 18

What type of medicine is penicillin?

Answer 18

antibiotic

Question 19

What percentage of lung cancer cases do scientists believe is linked to smoking cigarettes?

Answer 19

89%

Question 20

What technology is used to diagnose lung cancer?

Answer 20

X-rays & MRI scans

Question 21

What sort of campaigns did the government start, regarding smoking?

Answer 21

stop smoking, connecting lung cancer -> smoking

Question 22

How did the UK government use campaigns to encourage people to stop smoking?

Answer 22

1965 - TV adverts banned in UK
1971 - Health warnings on packets
2007 - smkng banned in public places