Subcategories - Biology, Biologists

  1. Darwin Publishes On the Origin of Species
  2. De Vries and Associates Discover Mendel’s Ignored Studies of Inheritance
  3. Decline in U.S. AIDS Death Rate Slows
  4. Development of a Polio Vaccine
  5. DeVries Implants the First Jarvik-7 Artificial Heart
  6. Dionne Sisters Are First Quintuplets to Survive
  7. DNA Tests Indicate That Jefferson Fathered Slave’s Child
  8. Domagk Discovers That a Sulfonamide Can Save Lives
  9. Donald Is the First to Use Ultrasound to Examine Unborn Children
  10. Drinker and Shaw Develop an Iron Lung Mechanical Respirator
  11. Du Vigneaud Synthesizes Oxytocin, the First Peptide Hormone
  12. Duggar Discovers Aureomycin, the First of the Tetracyclines
  13. Ehrlich and Metchnikoff Conduct Pioneering Research in Immunology
  14. Emanuel Swedenborg
  15. Enzyme Is Linked to Alzheimer’s Disease
  16. Erlich Develops DNA Fingerprinting from a Single Hair
  17. Ernest Henry Starling
  18. Ernst Haeckel
  19. Erwin Schrödinger
  20. Favaloro Develops the Coronary Artery Bypass Operation
  21. FDA Approves the Birth Control Pill
  22. Ferdinand Julius Cohn
  23. First AIDS Cases Are Reported in North America
  24. The First Commercial Genetic Engineering Product, Humulin, Is Marketed by Eli Lilly
  25. The First Successful Human Embryo Transfer Is Performed
  26. The Fish and Wildlife Service Is Formed
  27. Fleming Discovers Penicillin
  28. Fleming Discovers Penicillin in Molds
  29. Florey and Chain Develop Penicillin as an Antibiotic
  30. Fluoride Is Introduced into the U.S. Water Supply
  31. Francis Crick
  32. Francis Galton
  33. François Jacob
  34. Frisch Discovers That Bees Communicate Through Body Movements
  35. A Gene That Can Suppress the Cancer Retinoblastoma Is Discovered
  36. Gene Therapy Test at University of Pennsylvania Halted After Man Dies
  37. Genetically Altered Bacteria Are Released into the Environment
  38. A Genetically Engineered Vaccine for Hepatitis B Is Approved for Use
  39. The Geneva Protocol Is Signed
  40. George Hoyt Whipple
  41. George Washington Carver
  42. Georges Cuvier
  43. Gibbon Develops the Heart-Lung Machine
  44. Girolamo Fracastoro
  45. Gorgas Develops Effective Methods for Controlling Mosquitoes
  46. Gregor Johann Mendel
  47. Grijns Proposes That Beriberi Is Caused by a Nutritional Deficiency
  48. Gruentzig Uses Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty, via a Balloon Catheter, to Unclog Diseased Arteries
  49. Guy de Chauliac
  50. Harrison Observes the Development of Nerve Fibers in the Laboratory