University of Texas at Austin
In 1941, Esmond Snell, working with colleagues at the University of Texas, independently discovered and named folic acid, a B vitamin that today is recommended as a supplement for pregnant women to...
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In the 1960’s when University of Virginia was considered a world hub for cardiovascular physiology, Dr. Robert Berne developed a drug to treat cardiac arrhythmia, using the naturally occurring chemical...
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Recombinant DNA – Herbert Boyer (UC San Francisco) with Stanley Cohen (Stanford) Positron Emission Tomography (PET Scanning) – Michael Phelps (UC Los Angeles) Active-X controls for the internet –...
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1988 Developed the first transgenic mouse, now in use worldwide for cancer research. Experiments with the mouse at Harvard led to a method of preventing a cancer of blood cells common in young children...
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In 1949 Dr. Benedict Cassen of the UCLA Department of Radiology developed the rectilinear scintillation scanner, an instrument that made possible the construction of a chart to accurately pinpoint the...
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The field of bioengineering was pioneered at UCSD. Y.C. Fung, is the father of biomechanics, and was awarded the President’s National Medal of Science for his pioneering work in this field. UCSD...
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Josh Lederberg, Edward Tatum discovered bacterial recombination, which was then harnessed as a technique to explore biochemical genetics. This in turn became one of the cornerstones of molecular...
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Top University of Michigan Discoveries: Francis S. Collins, his UM colleagues, and researchers at 8 other collaborating institutions announced that they had identified the gene defect responsible for...
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Vanderbilt University
Some significant discoveries from the list: Fetal Surgery Drs.Joseph Bruner and Noel Tulipan were determined to find a way to do surgery sooner when the baby had a better chance ofrecovery,even...
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In 1997, Professor of neurology at UCSF, Stanley Prusiner, won the Nobel Prize for his discovery of the prion, a novel infectious pathogen that causes a group of fatal diseases. Prusiner and a team of...
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