Modern

• Causes of illness modern

  • lifestyle factors like smoking diet alcohol drugs
  • germs and bacteria
• Francis crick and James watson 


  1953 discovered structure of DNA

  helped by Rosalind Frank and maurice watkins

  doctors could now identify genetic causes of disease
• The human genome project 


  1986 helped identify purpose of each gene in the body helped doctors to understand causes of genetic disease
• Alexander fleming 


  discovered penicillin that killed bacteria published his findings in 1929
• Florey and Chain 


  1938 created pure pencillin which could be used in the body to kill bacteria
• Salvarsan 606 


  discovered by Paul Eherlick first magic bullet
• Prontosil


  discovered by Gherad Domagk in 1932 second magic bullet
• Life expectancy modern 


  83
• Modern treatments

  • x-rays
  • blood transfusions
  • gene therapy
  • keyhole surgery
  • antibiotics
• prevention modern

  • compulsory vaccines
  • screening for genetic diseases
  • smoking ban
  • lifestyle campaigns
  • vaccination campaigns
• NHS

  • set up in 1948
• Lung cancer prevention

  • 2007 smoking ban
  • advertising campaigns
  • taxes on tobacco increased
• Lung cancer treatment

  • lung transplant
  • radiotherapy
  • chemotherapy
  • immunotherapy
• Modern


  1800-present