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ON THIS DAY: Pioneer of HIV research, Robert Gallo is born (1937)

On this Day March 23, 2026 at 15:43

On this day in 1937, Robert Charles Gallo was born in Waterbury, Connecticut, a scientist whose work would place him at the centre of...

Scientists win Nobel Prize for immune system discovery

Health October 7, 2025 at 10:41

The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to three scientists for discovering why the immune system destroys infections but not...

ON THIS DAY: Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin (1928)

On this Day September 15, 2025 at 16:41

On 15 September 1928, Scottish scientist Alexander Fleming made one of the most important breakthroughs in medical history: the discovery of penicillin, the world’s...

ON THIS DAY: The link between mosquitoes and malaria is discovered (1897)

On this Day August 20, 2025 at 12:18

Sir Ronald Ross discovers the link between mosquitoes and malaria On 20 August 1897, Dr Ronald Ross, a British doctor working in India, made a...

ON THIS DAY: Insulin discovery transformed diabetes (1921)

On this Day July 30, 2025 at 16:33

On this day in 1921, the insulin discovery by Canadian scientists Sir Frederick G. Banting and Charles H. Best marked a turning point in...

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