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

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