Nobel Prizes That Changed Medicine
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Nobel Prizes That Changed Medicine

  1. 372 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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Nobel Prizes That Changed Medicine

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Table of contents

  1. CONTENTS
  2. Foreword by Sir Keith Peters
  3. Preface by Gilbert Thompson
  4. Acknowledgements
  5. Contributors
  6. Chapter 1 The Discovery of Insulin Robert Tattersall
  7. Chapter 2 The Discovery of the Cure for Pernicious Anaemia, Vitamin B12 A. Victor Hoffbrand
  8. Chapter 3 The Discovery of Penicillin Eric Sidebottom
  9. Chapter 4 The Introduction of Cardiac Catheterisation Tony Seed
  10. Chapter 5 The Discovery of the Structure of DNA James Scott and Gilbert Thompson
  11. Chapter 6 The Interpretation of the Genetic Code John MacDermot and Ellis Kempner
  12. Chapter 7 The Discovery of Neuropeptides and Radioimmunoassay of Peptide Hormones Jaimini Cegla and Stephen Bloom
  13. Chapter 8 The Development of Computer-Assisted Tomography Adrian M. K. Thomas
  14. Chapter 9 The Discovery of Prostaglandins Rod Flower
  15. Chapter 10 The Antibody Problem and the Generation of Monoclonal Antibodies Herman Waldmann and Celia P. Milstein
  16. Chapter 11 The Discovery of the LDL Receptor and Its Role in Cholesterol Metabolism Gilbert Thompson
  17. Chapter 12 The Invention of the Polymerase Chain Reaction and Use of Site-Directed Mutagenesis Anne K. Soutar
  18. Chapter 13 The Discovery of the Pathophysiological Role of Nitric Oxide in Blood Vessels Keith M. Channon
  19. Chapter 14 The Discovery of Helicobacter Pylori Chris Hawkey
  20. Chapter 15 The Discovery of RNA Interference — Gene Silencing by Double-Stranded RNA Richard P. Hull and Timothy J. Aitman
  21. Appendix: The First 100 Nobel Prizes in Physiology or Medicine
  22. Index