Modern- 1900-present

Question 1

Paul Ehrlich

Answer 1

• 1909
• Developed first ‘Magic Bullet’ Salvarsan 606 that destroyed the bacteria that causes syphilis inside the body
• It also killed the patient

Question 2

Gerhard Domagk

Answer 2

• 1930
• Created the magic bullet Prontosil
• Both Prontosil and Salvarsan 606 are Sulphonamides

Question 3

Alexander Fleming

Answer 3

• 1928
• Rediscovered the properties of the bacteria penicillin by chance in his laboratory at St Mary’s London in 1928
• Used penicillin to attack Staphylococcus, a major cause of blood infections
• Lacked the facilities to develop large quantities

Question 4

Florey and Chain

Answer 4

• 1938
• Recognised that penicillin could be very effective but could not get funding to make it in large quantities
• America gave loans to companies to develop it and after the war used for everyone not just soldiers

Question 5

William Beveridge

Answer 5

• 1942
• Author of ‘Beveridge Report’ in 1942
• Proposed a free national health service with the NHS eventually introduced in 1948

Question 6

Watson and Crick

Answer 6

• 1953
• Discovered double helix structure of DNA, using x-ray research of Wilkins and Rosalind Franklin
• 1990’s, Human Genome Project created a complete map of human DNA