Constantly inquisitive, we have been making groundbreaking progress in areas such as gene structure, medicine, space research and communications.
Research facts by date
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Year
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Subject
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Fact
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1960
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Medicine
(Zoology)
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Professor Sir Peter Medawar awarded Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for work which formed the basis of modern transplant surgery.
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1962
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Molecular Biology
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Professor Maurice Wilkins CBE awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of the structure of DNA.
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1967
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Zoology
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Birmingham alumnus and zoologist Desmond Morris publishes his famous work The Naked Ape
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1982
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Medicine
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Research around aspirin and prostaglandin biosynthesis led to Birmingham Graduate Sir John Vane being awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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1985
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Astrophysics
& Space Research
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Space Shuttle Challenger uses the X-ray telescope developed and manufactured by the Birmingham Astrophysics and Space Research Group
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