Modern Britain (1900-present)

• human genome project - was mapping every gene in uman dna - done by james watson in 


  1990
• mendel sowed how humans could pass on characteristics

  19th century
• new technology was electron microscopes and xrays 


  20th century
• what are the three lifestyle factors

  smoking - diseases lung cancer

  alcohol - liver, kidney cancer and disease

  diet - sugars and fat lead to heart disease
• • mri , ct , ultrasound scans
  • microscopes
  • xrays
  • prosthetic limbs
  • insulin pumps
• paul eherlic discovered chemical compound that attacks and kills microbes called magic bullet
• 1909 dr hata discovered cure for syphillus
• 1932 domagk found 2nd magic bullet, prontosil
• advancements in modern 


  keyhole and microsurgery

  robotic surgery

  radio and chemotherapy

  organ transplants

  xrays
• nhs


  1948
• in 1956 the first heart transplant took place
• compulsory dipitheria vaccination


  1938
• smoking banned in public places

  2007
• alexander flemming found penicillin 


  1928
• 1941 - florey and chain asked us drug companies to hep then ww2 mass production in 1942
• lung cancer = 2nd mst common cancer in UK with poorest survival rate, seen from ct scans, treated with chemo, transplants
• clean air acts - 1956 and 1968
• change4life campaigns - 5 a day, stop smoking
• banning of advertising cigarettes 1965