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1950 – The first synthetic antibiotic is created. 1951 – Artificial insemination of livestock is accomplished using frozen semen. 1952 – L.V. Radushkevich and V.M. Lukyanovich publish clear images of 50 nanometer diameter tubes made of carbon, in the Soviet Journal of Physical Chemistry.
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February 13 Max Perutz publishes the structure of hemoglobin. [4]John Kendrew publishes the structure of myoglobin. [5]March 5 – British marine biologist Sir Alister Hardy announces his aquatic ape hypothesis, theorising that swimming and diving for food exerted a strong evolutionary effect partly responsible for the divergence in the common descent of humans and other great apes.
By the 1980s, biotechnology characterized a nascent real industry, providing titles for emerging trade organizations such as the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO). The main focus of attention after insulin were the potential profit makers in the pharmaceutical industry: human growth hormone and what promised to be a miraculous cure for ...
As the first post-war decade, the 1950s launched modern American popular culture and gave rise to some of the world's most coveted and valuable collectibles. Bill Ryze, a certified chartered ...
1960 – Invention of cardiopulmonary resuscitation ; 1960 – First combined oral contraceptive approved by the FDA [102] 1962 – Hip replacement – John Charnley; 1962 – Beta blocker James W. Black; 1962 – Albert Sabin develops first oral polio vaccine; 1963 – Artificial heart – Paul Winchell
The history of biology traces the study of the living world from ancient to modern times. Although the concept of biology as a single coherent field arose in the 19th century, the biological sciences emerged from traditions of medicine and natural history reaching back to Ayurveda, ancient Egyptian medicine and the works of Aristotle, Theophrastus and Galen in the ancient Greco-Roman world.
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