1900-present

• When was the Human Genome Project

  1990-2000
• Who worked on the Human Genome Project

  Watson and Crick
• What did the Human Genome Project discover

  why diseases are inherited, and structure of DNA more deeply analyzed, finding treatments for genetic diseases
• What were the new developments of the causes of disease

  Lifestyle factors

  Genetic factors

  Viruses, fungi, bacteria and protests all discovered
• Describe some genetic factors affecting disease

  Smoking and alcohol, linking with lung cancer

  lots more you will know
• Who created the first magic bullet and when

  Paul Ehrlich, in 1905.
• What was the name of the first magic bullet

  Salvarson 606 (because the 606th test worked)
• What illness did the first magic bullet treat

  Syphilis, it was called salvarson 606
• What was the first antibiotic

  Penicillin
• Who discovered penicillin

  Alexander Flemming
• How did Alexander Fleming discover penicillin

  He noticed some mould had developed on a petri dish he left out while he was away, and he noticed that the mold killed the bacteria that was in the petri dish

  this mould was leter called penicillin and was used to kill bateria and treat bacterial infetions
• Who developed the initial penicillin further

  Florey and Chain
• How did Florey and Chain just make penicillin better

  They got US funding after the British government didn't give them any, and they developed a purification method.
• When was the first human test of penicillin. Was it successful?

  1941 - it worked well, but they ran out of stock before the person was cured, so they died
• What was the consequence of the human test of penicillin

  December 1941, United States drug companies begin to mass produce penicillin, and in 1943, British drug companies also do

  It was used heavily in World War 2, and saved thousands of lives
• When was the NHS created

  1948
• Who was given three healthcare in 1948. what happened in 1951

  Everyone was given free healthcare in 1948, in 1951, workers now after pay for prescriptions I still get free healthcare
• Name some ways in which the government deal with preventing disease

  posters, TV adverts, radio adverts and word of mouth helped to spread the word of...

  - mass vaccination programs, e.g. covid 19 in 2020

  - lifestyle campaigns, e.g. change 4 Life

  - smoking and drug dangers
• Name some ways in which science and technology has evolved for treatment

  Blood transfusions since the 1940's

  Radiotherapy and chemotherapy

  Plastic surgery

  controlled injections of anesthetics

  Pacemakers

  Organ Transplants

  stem cell treatments
• How have the government helped stop lung cancer specifically

  - smoking kills campaign

  - tobacco laws

  > no smoking in public places since 2007

  > illegal to display tobacco products in a shop

  - chemotherapy and radiotherapy used to treat it
• What was the first mass vaccination and when

  diphtheria in 1940