Subcategories - Biology, Biologists

  1. Abel and Takamine Independently Isolate Adrenaline
  2. Abel Develops the First Artificial Kidney
  3. AIDS Scientists and Activists Meet in Amsterdam
  4. Albert Calmette
  5. Aleksandr Ivanovich Oparin
  6. Alexander von Humboldt
  7. Alfred Kinsey
  8. Andreas Vesalius
  9. Antoni van Leeuwenhoek
  10. António Egas Moniz
  11. Artificial Fluoridation of Municipal Water Supplies to Prevent Dental Decay Is Introduced
  12. Asa Gray
  13. August Krogh
  14. August Weismann
  15. Avery, Macleod, and McCarty Determine That DNA Carries Hereditary Information
  16. Barghoorn and Coworkers Find Amino Acids in 3-Billion-Year-Old Rocks
  17. Barghoorn and Tyler Discover 2-Billion-Year-Old Microfossils
  18. Barnard Performs the First Human Heart Transplant
  19. Baron Florey
  20. Bateson and Punnett Observe Gene Linkage
  21. Baulieu Develops RU-486, a Pill That Induces Abortion
  22. Bayliss and Starling Discover Secretin and Establish the Role of Hormones
  23. Beatrix Jones Farrand
  24. Behring Discovers the Diphtheria Antitoxin
  25. Bell Labs Introduces Electronically Amplified Hearing Aids
  26. Berg, Gilbert, and Sanger Develop Techniques for Genetic Engineering
  27. Bernardo Alberto Houssay
  28. Bevis Describes Amniocentesis as a Method for Disclosing Fetal Genetic Traits
  29. Birth Control Pills Are Tested in Puerto Rico
  30. Blalock Performs the First “Blue Baby” Operation
  31. Borlaug Begins Work on High-Yield Wheat
  32. Boyd Defines Human Races by Blood Groups
  33. Brown Gives Birth to the First “Test-Tube” Baby
  34. Calmette and Guérin Develop the Tuberculosis Vaccine BCG
  35. Calvin Wins the Nobel Prize for His Work on Photosynthesis
  36. Carrel Develops a Technique for Rejoining Severed Blood Vessels
  37. Carson Publishes Silent Spring
  38. Cech Demonstrates That RNA Can Act as an Enzyme
  39. Cerletti and Bini Develop Electroconvulsive Therapy for Treating Schizophrenia
  40. Charles Darwin
  41. Chemical and Biological Warfare
  42. Chloramphenicol Is Discovered
  43. Chlorination of the U.S. Water Supply Begins
  44. Claude Bernard
  45. Clewell Corrects Hydrocephalus by Surgery on a Fetus
  46. Cohen and Boyer Develop Recombinant DNA Technology
  47. Comte de Buffon
  48. Controversy Arises over Estrogen and Heart Attacks
  49. The Crew of Biosphere 2 Exits After Two Years
  50. Daffos Uses Blood Taken Through the Umbilical Cord to Diagnose Fetal Disease