Diagnostic tests are the first step in any healthcare system but have you ever thought about how these tests came about? We’ve all taken a […]
Biology
Discovery of jumping genes: Barbara McClintock
For the longest time, the way in which hereditary information is passed down from one generation to another had not been known. Soon, we found […]
Discovery of Growth Factors: Rita Levi-Montalcini
It is funny to think about how we as humans were just a tiny cell when we were conceived. The cells grew into an embryo, […]
Inventing allopathy: Gertrude Elion
Drug discovery is an extremely exciting field of research because we get to work on therapeutics options that could change lives. In today’s date, there […]
Unraveling olfaction: Linda Buck
Have you ever thought about how our sense of smell has developed over time? How are we able to smell so many different things and […]
Uncovering chromosome caps: Carol Greider & Elizabeth Blackburn
Hereditary information in our body is passed down through our genes. But have you ever thought about HOW the DNA in our cells gets copied […]
Cognitive biology: May Britt-Moser
Have you ever wondered how do we perceive the space around us? Like how do we know where we need to be in order to […]