The discovery of Penicillin

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In 1895, the Italian doctor Vincenzo Tiberio published a study done at the University of Naples, where he spoke of a particular spicie of mold that he had noticed on a well near his home in Arzano. In 1929, Alexander Fleming observed that bacterial growth was

The first kidney transplant

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Joseph E. Murray was an American surgeon , winner of the Nobel in 1990 thanks to his "discoveries concerning organ and cell transplantation in the treatment of human disease". He was born in Milford in 1919 and he studied at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester. 

The Polio vaccine

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When the tests were over, Jonas Salk announced that the vaccine was safe and it could proceed with human trials.

A vaccine to be taken orally and was also developed and together, the two types of vaccines have eliminated Polio from many Countries in the world: from 350,000 cases in 1988, olny 223 ones were recordered in 2012!