Influenzabacillus: Who Discovered the Organism?

Who discovered the twin method?

The twin method is usually credited to Francis Galton's 1875 article on twins. However, Galton did not propose the comparison between identical and fraternal twin resemblance which is the essence of the twin method. Although the twin method was "in the air" in the mid-1920s, the first descriptions of the method appeared in an article by Curtis Merriman and in a book by Hermann Siemens, both in ...

Who discovered messenger RNA?

The announcement of the discovery of messenger RNA (mRNA) and the cracking of the genetic code took place within weeks of each other in a climax of scientific excitement during the summer of 1961. Although mRNA is of decisive importance to our understanding of gene function, no Nobel Prize was awarded for its discovery. The large number of people involved, the complex nature of the results, and...

Who Discovered Hemophilia?

"Who discovered bacteriophage?".

INTRODUCTION.............................................................. 793 TWORrS DISCOVERY ......... ............................ 794 D'HERELLE'S DISCOVERY ............... ...................... 795 THE DISCOVERY OF TWORTS DISCOVERY ............................... 797 THE CONTROVERSY GRIOWS .................. ................... 798 D'HERELLE IS DISCREDITED ...................................

Who really discovered aplastic anemia?

Andrea Bacigalupo has recently published very useful guidelines for the treatment of severe aplastic anemia. As in the most recent and authoritative monograph on this condition, «the empty bone marrow and its devastating consequences for the patient have rightly fascinated hematologists for a century». The term itself is somewhat of a misnomer since the disease consists of a hypo-aplastic pancy...