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when was dna discovered?

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1953

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who discovered dna?

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crick and watson

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how does understanding dna impact on medicine?

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doctors can identify illnesses before they develop and in the womb

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how it dna currently limited?

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it is not yet know how to reverse medical conditions

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how has blood sugar monitoring impacted medicine?

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from the 1960’s people who had diabetes could check their blood sugar themselves to ensure they were managing their condition

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how have CT scans impacted medicine?

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from the 1970’s CT scans were developed which are more powerful forms of xray meaning they can diagnose tumours

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how have MRI scans impacted medicine?

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they use magnets and radio waves to create an internal image of the body
better suited to diagnosing soft tissue damage

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how have endoscopes impacted medicine?

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a camera on the end of a think flexible tube used to see inside the body without the need for surgery

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what did fleming find in 1928?

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when he went on holiday, he left a pile of unwashed petri dishes and when he returned mould was growing on them. Around the mould, the bacteria had disappeared

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what did fleming discover when he diluted the mould?

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it killed bacteria without harming the cells

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what did fleming write about in 1929?

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penicillin in his medical journal

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why was the discovery of penicillin initially limited?

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fleming had not used it on animals so there was no evidence of it being useful so no one thought the discovery was important
it took ages to grow

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what did florey and chain discover?

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penicillin helped mice recover from infections but they would need 3000x as much to recover one person

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what did florey and chain start growing penicillin in?

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hospital bed pans

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how much did florey and chain get from the government in 1938?

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only £25

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why were the government reluctant to fund penicillin?

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there was no proof it worked on humans and the country was on the verge of war

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who gave florey and chain 5 years worth of money for research?

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the US government

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how did florey and chain prove that penicillin worked on humans?

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in 1941, they tested it on a policeman who was dying of sepsis from one tiny cut - he began to recover but they ran out so he died - this showed that penicillin wasn’t harmful to the patient

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why couldn’t penicillin be mass produced?

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factories were busy making warfare

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by d-day how many doses of penicillin were there to treat the wounded?

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over 2.3 million

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what did the US government make for US companies to buy the expensive equipment needed to make penicillin?

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interest free loans

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how many pharmaceutical companies did the US government fund to mass produce penicillin?

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when was the first magic bullet developed?

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1909

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who developed the first magic bullet?

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Paul Ehrlich

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what was the first magic bullet called?

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salvarsan 606

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what did the first magic bullet treat?

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syphilis

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when was the second magic bullet developed?

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1932

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who developed the second magic bullet?

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Gerhard Domagk

29
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what was the second magic bullet called?

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prontosil

30
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what did the second magic bullet treat?

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blood poisoning

31
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what is a magic bullet?

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a chemical that kills certain bacteria without harming the body

32
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what was the human genome?

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the mapping of a complete set of genes in a human body

33
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when did the human genome project begin and when did it finish?

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began - 1990

finished - 2000

34
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how does smoking impact our health?

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linked to a variety of problems such as lung cancer, tooth decay and heart disease

35
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how does diet impact our health?

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too much sugar can cause diabetes and too much fat can cause obesity

36
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how does alcohol impact our health?

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too much alcohol can cause liver disease and kidney problems

37
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how has the pharmaceutical industry impacted medicine?

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companies make and test different drugs which they then sell to doctors’ surgeries and hospitals
drug distribution is a lot easier due to this

38
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how has the development of capsules impacted medicine?

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taking drugs is easier

39
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how have compulsory vaccinations impacted medicine?

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government now insist that young people receive a set of vaccinations and run campaigns to encourage it

40
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how have hypodermic needles impacted medicine?

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very thin needles which allow a precise dose to be given

41
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when were the clean air acts?

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1956 and 1968

42
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how do charities impact medicine?

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create adverts showing the risks to health and raise money to help treat them

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how has the anti-smoking legislation impacted medicine?

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as part of 2006 health act, it was made illegal to smoke in all enclosed workplaces

44
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how is lung cancer diagnosed?

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patients are given a CT scan ad injected with dye to how the lungs more clearly

45
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what happens if the cancer does not look very advanced?

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the patient will be given a PET-CT scan where a small amount of radioactive material is injected into the body to identify cancerous cells

46
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what is a bronchoscopy?

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the patient will be given a bronchoscopy which is passed down into the lungs to collect a sample of cells for testing

47
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what are the treatments for lung cancer?

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transplant, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, operations

48
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what is radiotherapy?

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concentrated waves of radiation are aimed at a tumour to shrink it

49
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what is chemotherapy?

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patients are injected with different drugs to either shrink tumour, prevent it from re-occurring or relieve pain

50
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what did the government ban in 2015?

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smoking in cars carrying children under the age of 18

51
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what did the government do in 2007?

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raised the legal age for buying tobacco from 16 to 18

52
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when was cigarette television advertising banned?

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1965

53
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when was cigarette advertising banned entirely?

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2005

54
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when was the NHS set up?

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1948

55
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what does the NHS aim to do?

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provide care for all people from ‘the cradle to the grave’

56
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what % of national income does the NHS cost?

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6%

57
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what had the cost for the NHS increased from between 1950 and 1990?

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1950 - £500 million

1990 - £3500 million

58
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due to the NHS how many more times are women likely to consult a doctor?

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4

59
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when were prescription charges introduced?

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1950’s

60
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how many voluntary and city hospitals are the government responsible for?

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1143 voluntary

1545 city

61
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why is people living longer putting a strain on the NHS?

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they will need more treatment

62
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why did doctors originally oppose the NHS?

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it took them away from private work

63
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when was the diphtheria vaccination made compulsory?

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1942

64
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when was the polio vaccine made compulsory?

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1950

65
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when was the health act passed?

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2006

66
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what campaign did the government use to encourage people to live more healthy?

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change4life

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