Sir John B Gurdon shares his birthday with father of our nation Born on October 2 1933 in United Kingdom Gurdon was a below average student Despite his teacher s ridicule he pursued his dream in sciences and became the brightest minds to be awarded a Nobel Priz...
Dr John James Rickard Macleod Scottish biochemist and physiologist was born in Clunie in central Scotland in 1876 He studied medicine at the University of Aberdeen He obtained a Ph D in 1898 and then studied biochemistry at the University of Leipzig in Germany ...
Dr Barbara McClintock was an American scientist She extensively used maize corn as model system for her genetic studies Maize has several advantages in genetic studies It has relatively larger chromosomes and Barbara McClintock developed method to stain and see ma...
Antibiotics are one of the common drugs prescribed by doctors Antibiotics are chemical substances which kill or inhibit growth of microorganisms Antibiotics have played a vital role in increasing the life expectancy of man One of the first antibiotics to be effectiv...