1.
Dulcolax
Easy relief, for painful extreme situation.
45 points - added 7 years ago by guest -
2.
Anesthetic
Discovered in the late XIX century.
26 points - added 8 years ago by Titania -
3.
Peninciline
14 points - added 8 years ago by Titania -
4.
Knowledge of the Immune System
6 points - added 8 years ago by Titania - 1 comment
Comments:
We're still only at the beginning of understanding it, but tuning our immune system to help our bodies fight cancer and hopefully auto-immune and many other diseases has the potential to end the pharmaceutical industry as it is today!
Added 8 years ago by modza, 0 points
5.
X Ray
Discovered in 1895.
5 points - added 8 years ago by Titania -
6.
Smallpox Vaccination
4 points - added 8 years ago by Titania -
7.
Mind-body connections are two-way
Just consider the placebo effect: 1/3 of patients cured "simply" by believing the cure will work even if it's dummy surgery or a sugar pill.
0 points - added 8 years ago by modza -
8.
Molecular Pharmacotherapy
0 points - added 8 years ago by Titania -
9.
Application of Statistics to Medicine
0 points - added 8 years ago by Titania - 1 comment
Comments:
You could say this started with Jenner, but it continues to have great power.
Added 8 years ago by modza, 0 points
10.
Robot Surgeries
0 points - added 8 years ago by Titania -
11.
Synthetic Cells
0 points - added 8 years ago by Titania -
12.
Disarming HIV
0 points - added 8 years ago by Titania -
13.
metagenomics
0 points - added 8 years ago by Titania -
14.
Prosthetics
0 points - added 8 years ago by Titania -
15.
Stem cell research
0 points - added 8 years ago by Titania -
16.
Antibiotics
0 points - added 8 years ago by Titania -
17.
DNA
0 points - added 8 years ago by Titania -
18.
IVF
In the decade of 1950.
0 points - added 8 years ago by Titania -
19.
Insuline
0 points - added 8 years ago by Titania -
20.
MMR
Combined vaccine for measles, mumps and rubella. Licensed in 1971
0 points - added 8 years ago by Titania -
21.
Birth Control
0 points - added 8 years ago by Titania -
22.
Germ Theory
-1 point - added 8 years ago by Titania - 1 comment
Comments:
Should be near the very top. And as we learn how powerful the "germ" population is in our bodies (more bacteria and viruses than human cells, I think), it will continue to influence medicine for decades.
Added 8 years ago by modza, 0 points
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