GCSE History-Medicine 1900-present day

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Hint	Answer
What year did Watson and Crick discover the double helix?	1953
What genetic treatment involves repairing damaged tissue and potentially treating cancer, heart attacks and leukaemia ?	Stem cell therapy
Type 2 diabetes is caused by having too much what in your diet?	Sugar
Who developed the first magic bullet?	Paul Urlick
What was the fist magic bullet called?	Salverson 606
What year did he discover it?	1909
What disease did it cure?	Syphilis
In 1932, Gerhard Domagk discovered a bright red dye, what was it called?	Prontosil
What did it cure?	Blood poisoning
What year did Fleming discover penicillin?	1928
What year does Fleming abandon his work?	1932
What year do Florey and Chain look for a magic bullet for infection?	1938
In 1942 who does Florey go to to try and get Penicillin mass produced because the British pharmaceutical industry won't fund it?	The USA
What major event of the time put pressure on the discovery of something that could conquer infection?	World War 2
Radiotherapy and what other new treatment could treat cancer?	Chemotherapy

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When old, damaged tissue and organ's are replaced with new ones.	Transplant
What year was the NHS established?	1948
What did everyone get with the NHS as opposed to only a few being able to afford health insurance?	Healthcare
With the NHS, what did you no longer have to do for ambulances?	Pay
Doctors could now do what when working under the NHS?	Specialise in certain areas of medicine
Over time does the NHS become cheaper of more expensive to run?	More expensive
With free healthcare what do people have to wait longer for?	Operations
In the 1980's, leaflets were handed out across the country to warn people of what?	AIDS
Before mass vaccinations in 1942, how many babies died each year to diptheria?	3000
What year did the government pass the law made it illegal to smoke in public areas?	2007
What percentage of lung cancer cases are from smoking?	85%
Doctors used to use X-rays to diagnose lung cancer. What do they do now?	Give you a CT scan
By 2005 what type of advertising was banned completely?	Tobacco
In 2007 what was increased to stop people from purchasing tobacco?	Taxation