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Maurice Hilleman

Maurice Hilleman was a prominent American microbiologist whose groundbreaking work significantly advanced vaccine develo...

American Medicine 20TH Century Vaccines

9.7 Brilliant

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Andrew Fire

Andrew Fire is an American biologist renowned for his pioneering work on RNA interference. His collaboration with Craig...

American Medicine 20TH Century Genetics

9.4 Excellent

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Craig Mello

Craig Mello is an American biologist recognized for his pivotal role in identifying RNA interference. His research demon...

American Medicine 20TH Century Genetics

9.4 Excellent

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Gerhard Domagk

Gerhard Domagk was a German pathologist who pioneered the use of sulfonamide drugs for treating bacterial infections. Hi...

German Chemistry Medicine 20TH Century

9.4 Excellent

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Felix Hoffmann

Felix Hoffmann was a German chemist employed by Bayer. He developed and synthesized acetylsalicylic acid in 1897, creati...

German Chemistry Medicine 19TH Century

9.3 Excellent

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Luis Miramontes

Luis Miramontes was a Mexican chemist whose research significantly advanced reproductive health. While a graduate studen...

Chemistry Medicine 20TH Century Mexican

9.3 Excellent

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Robert S. Langer

Robert S. Langer is a chemical engineer at MIT renowned for pioneering advancements in polymer-based drug delivery syste...

Medicine 20TH Century Mit Drug Delivery

9.1 Excellent

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Robert Jarvik

Robert Jarvik is an American physician and biomedical engineer associated with the development of the Jarvik-7 total art...

American Medicine 20TH Century Artificial Heart

8.6 Great

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John Charnley

Sir John Charnley was a British orthopedic surgeon who developed low-friction total hip replacement at Wrightington Hosp...

Medicine 20TH Century British Hip Replacement

8.5 Great

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Baruch Blumberg

Baruch S. Blumberg was an American physician, geneticist, and medical researcher whose investigation of human genetic va...

Medicine 20TH Century Biotech Hepatitis B

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Robert Adler

Robert Adler was an Austrian-American electrical engineer and inventor who co-created Zenith's Space Command television...

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Esther Takeuchi

Esther Takeuchi is an American chemical engineer and materials scientist recognized for her work on battery technology,...

American Medicine 20TH Century Electrochemistry

8.4 Great

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Percy Lavon Julian

Percy Lavon Julian was an American chemist whose work advanced the synthesis and industrial production of medicinal comp...

American Chemistry 20TH Century Medicines

8.1 Great

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Edith M. Flanigen

Edith M. Flanigen was an American chemist whose research at Union Carbide focused on zeolites and other molecular-sieve...

Chemistry 20TH Century Materials Zeolite

8.1 Great

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Ruth Benerito

Ruth Benerito (1916–2013) was an American chemist at the USDA's Southern Regional Research Center in New Orleans. Her mo...

American Chemistry 20TH Century Textiles

8.0 Great

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Rune Elmqvist

Rune Elmqvist was a Danish physician and inventor best known for developing the first implantable artificial pacemaker....

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7.8 Good

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Arnold Beckman

Arnold Orville Beckman was an American chemist, inventor, and philanthropist who contributed to the development of scien...

Chemistry 20TH Century Lab Instrumentation

7.7 Good

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Harry Coover

Harry Wesley Coover Jr. was an American chemist best known for recognizing the practical adhesive properties of cyanoacr...

Consumer Chemistry 20TH Century Adhesive

7.7 Good

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Rachel Fuller Brown

Rachel Fuller Brown was an American chemist who collaborated with microbiologist Elizabeth Lee Hazen to develop nystatin...

Medicine 20TH Century Pharma Nystatin

7.4 Good

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Lloyd Hall

Lloyd Hall was an American chemist who pioneered food preservation techniques during the early to mid-20th century, hold...

Food Chemistry 20TH Century Industrial

7.4 Good