Christian de Duve Father of Cell Biology
It was the key to figuring out the biology of dozens of genetic diseases.
From This is True for 5 May 2013
medicine
Doctors, surgeons, and other medical practitioners. Researchers are usually under research.
Jacquelin Perry Polio expert
During World War II, Perry was a physical therapist for the U.S. Army, where she treated patients stricken by polio. But she wanted to “make my own decisions,” she said later, and went to medical school to become not just a doctor, but an orthopedic surgeon. “Most doctors go into medicine to save lives,” she … Read more
From This is True for 17 March 2013
Rita Levi-Montalcini Nobel laureate
Levi-Montalcini defied her father and became a doctor — and revolutionized medicine.
From This is True for 30 December 2012
Joseph E. Murray Transplant pioneer
Dr. Murray performed the first successful human organ transplant.
From This is True for 2 December 2012
R. Palmer Beasley Hepatitis B foe
Beasley figured out hepatitis B. “It is eradicable.”
From This is True for 26 August 2012
Robert Ledley Cross-sectional imager
Ledley invented the CAT scanner, and brought computers to medicine.
From This is True for 29 July 2012
Peter Goodwin “Death with Dignity” activist
One of the few doctors willing to stand up in public to defend death with dignity.
From This is True for 18 March 2012
William Lamers Jr. Hospice pioneer
Dr. Lamers helped people who wanted to die at home, not in a hospital.
From This is True for 19 February 2012