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 […]
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 […]
Understanding cell differentiation: Christiane Volhard
One of the biggest questions in the field of developmental biology is how the cells in our bodies know their final destination. Well, by final […]
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 […]
Discovery of HIV: Francoise Sinoussi
Autoimmune Deficiency Disease or in simpler terms known as AIDS is one of the most debilitating infectious diseases in the world. It’s like a silent […]
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 […]
New age anti-malarial: Tu Youyou
Malaria has been a debilitating disease for millions all over the world and during the mid 20th century, it was even worse. At the time, […]