Biomedical Timeline Project

By alhig496

  • 1628: William Harvey

    1628: William Harvey
    Proved that blood circulated throughout the body.

  • 1861: Louis Pasteur

    1861: Louis Pasteur
    Made many discoveries in the field of biology including germ theory of disease.

  • 1865: Gregor Mendel

    1865: Gregor Mendel
    Founded modern genetics. For example, he explained how traits may be inherited through generations by experimenting on pea plants.

  • 1901: Karl Landsteiner

    1901: Karl Landsteiner
    Discovered that there were different types of blood and developed our modern classification of the blood groups.

  • 1921: Frederick Banting & Charles Best

    1921: Frederick Banting & Charles Best
    Discovered insulin and the mechanisms of diabetes.

  • 1928: Alexander Fleming

    1928: Alexander Fleming
    Discovered penicillin, introduced the world of antibiotics, and drastically decreased the number of deaths due to infection.

  • 1939: Linus Pauling

    1939: Linus Pauling
    Conducted research into the nature of the chemical bond.

  • 1956: Gertrude B. Elion & George H. Hitchings

    1956: Gertrude B. Elion & George H. Hitchings
    Discovered the immunosuppressant Azathioprine that functioned as a treatment for leukemia and a way to make organ transplants possible.

  • 1983: Paul Modrich and Aziz Sancar

    1983: Paul Modrich and Aziz Sancar
    Discovered how cells repair damaged DNA and gave us a better understanding of the causes of cancer and the aging process.

  • 1985: Kary Mullis

    1985: Kary Mullis
    Devised the polymerase chain reaction process used in DNA analysis in which a small amount of DNA can be copied in large quantities over a short period of time.