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In whose laboratory did Banting and Best conduct their 1921 insulin experiments?
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Nobel Prize: Frederick Banting — FactsS
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Which researcher created the first successful polio vaccine in the early 1950s?
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WHO: History of polio vaccinationS
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Where did Victor Chang establish the National Heart Transplant Program in 1984?
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Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute: About Dr Victor ChangS
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Which concept was central to Burnet and Medawar's Nobel-winning work?
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Nobel Prize: 1960 medicine prize — Raising self-awarenessS
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Which agent featured in the successful public anaesthesia demonstration at Massachusetts General Hospital in 1846?
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Massachusetts General Hospital: Ether and Ether Dome HistoryS
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Which disease was the subject of the World Health Assembly's eradication declaration on 8 May 1980?
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WHO: WHA33.3 — Declaration of global eradication of smallpoxS
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Which surgeon developed an antisepsis system by applying germ theory to surgical practice?
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Science Museum: Joseph Lister's antisepsis systemS
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Who became the first woman to earn an MD from an American medical school in 1849?
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US National Library of Medicine: Elizabeth BlackwellS
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Who worked with Frederick Banting on the 1921 dog experiments that enabled insulin extraction?
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Nobel Prize: Frederick Banting — FactsS
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