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Fred Sanger

Frederick Sanger was a British biochemist renowned for his groundbreaking work in molecular biology. He developed pionee...

20TH Century British Biochemistry Genetics

9.8 Brilliant

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Katalin Karikó

Katalin Karikó is a biochemist whose pioneering research on modified messenger RNA (mRNA) revolutionized biotechnology....

Medicine 21ST Century Biotech Hungarian American

9.7 Brilliant

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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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Wright brothers

Orville and Wilbur Wright were American inventors credited with inventing, building, and flying the world’s first succes...

American 20TH Century Aviation Airplane

9.6 Brilliant

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Wilhelm Röntgen

Wilhelm Röntgen was a German physicist whose accidental discovery of x-rays in 1895 revolutionized science and medicine....

German Physics Medicine 19TH Century

9.6 Brilliant

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Erwin Schrödinger

Erwin Schrödinger was an Austrian theoretical physicist instrumental in developing quantum mechanics. His most significa...

Austrian Physics 20TH Century Quantum Mechanics

9.6 Brilliant

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Carl Djerassi

Carl Djerassi was an Austrian-American chemist whose work profoundly impacted medicine. He synthesized norethindrone in...

Chemistry Medicine 20TH Century Austrian American

9.5 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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Peter Grünberg

Peter Grünberg was a German physicist who revolutionized data storage technology. His independent 1988 discovery of gian...

German Physics 20TH Century Data Storage

9.4 Excellent

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Ferdinand Porsche

Ferdinand Porsche was an Austrian-born inventor instrumental in shaping twentieth-century automotive design. His enginee...

Austrian Racing 20TH Century Automobile

9.4 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

American physician-inventor Robert Jarvik designed the Jarvik-7 artificial heart, which was first permanently implanted...

American Medicine 20TH Century Artificial Heart

8.6 Great

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Ernst Boris Chain

Ernst Boris Chain (1906-1979) was a pioneering biochemist whose research fundamentally advanced our understanding of bac...

20TH Century Medical Antibiotic German British

8.5 Great

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John Charnley

John Charnley was a British orthopedic surgeon who pioneered low-friction total hip replacement at Wrightington Hospital...

Medicine 20TH Century British Hip Replacement

8.5 Great

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Baruch Blumberg

Baruch Blumberg was an American physician-geneticist who discovered the hepatitis B virus and helped create its vaccine,...

Medicine 20TH Century Biotech Hepatitis B

8.5 Great

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Rune Elmqvist

Rune Elmqvist was a Swedish engineer who built the first implantable pacemaker, placed in a patient by Ake Senning in St...

Medicine 20TH Century Pacemaker Swedish

7.8 Good

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Rachel Fuller Brown

Rachel Fuller Brown was an American chemist who co-developed nystatin with Elizabeth Lee Hazen in the 1950s, the first u...

Medicine 20TH Century Pharma Nystatin

7.4 Good